Tag: #EndBadGovernance

Tinubu orders immediate release of detained #EndBadGovernance protest minors

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Tinubu orders

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate release of all minors arrested and detained in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protest. The announcement was made by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, during a briefing with State House correspondents yesterday. Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the release of the minors immediately. The Minister said, “The President has directed that all minors be released and reunited with their families anywhere they are in…

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EndBadGovernance: “Halt ‘sham’ treason trial of hunger protesters by the Police” –  ACF asks FG 

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EndBadGovernance protesters

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has called on the Federal Government to halt the treason trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters. The ACF, while reacting to the trial of minors at a Federal High Court, Abuja, by the Nigerian Police over allegations of treason, and other offences, arising from their participation in the August 2024 protests, described the trial as a show of shame. The statement, signed by the ACF National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, further described the trial of minors as a demonstration of needless official high-handedness at its worst.…

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SERAP gives Tinubu 48hrs to release ‘hungry, malnourished’ children

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SERAP to Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to take urgent steps to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of all the #EndBadGovernance protesters, including “hungry and malnourished children”. SERAP urged him “to direct the AGF and appropriate law enforcement agencies to promptly investigate the circumstances surrounding the grave violations of the human rights of the children and other protesters in detention, and to identify and bring to justice those responsible, and…

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Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group slams trial of #EndBadGovernance young northern protesters by IGP

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#EndBadGovernance protesters

..Urges Tinubu’s fatherly intervention The Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group, (RKRG), has condemned the detention and reported mistreatment of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protests. The Group made the call in an interview with the Chairman, Voice of Liberty, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, yesterday, in Abuja.   The RKRG called on President Bola Tinubu to halt the trial of the hunger-stricken protesters, who are mostly minors. The Group added that the trial by the Nigerian Police constitutes negative publicity, highly detrimental to the image and reputation and brought disrepute to his administration,…

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LIBERTY TV EDITORIAL 

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#EndBadGovernance editorial

There is palpable outrage and condemnation currently in Nigeria and around the world arising from the pitiable pictures of drained, emaciated, hungry and traumatized children dragging their feet in a courtroom after being arraigned and charged for alleged treason. The dehumanizing scenario was, to say the least, an outrage, a sickening reflection of a nation with a dying conscience. A nation gradually losing its humanity. Those minors and juveniles, 32 of them, are aged between 14 and 17. What were they doing in the dock charged for treason? Treason, for…

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EndBadGovernance protesters: Women Affairs Minister visits detained minors

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Womens Minister visits

Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has visited the minors detained for allegedly participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests. According to a statement issued yesterday, the Minister made the visit at midnight. The minors are among 72 defendants facing charges of treason. Sulaiman-Ibrahim said the children’s rights and well-being would be safeguarded while justice is administered.

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EndBadGovernance protest: ‘NCoS not in custody of suspects’ – Spokesperson

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NCoS on suspects

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has refuted claims that it has been in the custody of suspects arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest in August this year. Recall that on Friday, 76 suspects, made up of mostly minors who appeared malnourished, were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Spokesperson of NCoS, Umar Abubakar, however, said the suspects were rejected for lack of space in the custodial centres to accommodate them. He described as misleading reports making the rounds in some sections of the media purporting that the suspects who…

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‘Hunger behind #EndBadGovernance protests’ – PDP

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PDP on protests

…Urges FG to address hardship The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), says “hunger” sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this at a press conference yestetday in Abuja. Recall that on August 1-10, thousands of Nigerians took to streets across the country to rail against a pervasive economic hardship. The 10-day protest, whuch was marred by looting and arson in the North, was spearheaded by the #Take-It-Back movement and a raft of civil society organisations. Ologunagba’s comments come on the heels of the arrest of…

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“How #EndBadGovernance protest cost DSS, NIA bosses their jobs”

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DSS, NIA report

…”Why we celebrated Bichi’s exit” –  DSS officers Revelations on the reasons behind the recent resignation of the immediate-past Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, and the DG of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, has emerged. According to report, sources within the Presidency revealed  that President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, (Nuhu Ribadu, questioned the intelligence-gathering mechanisms of the two agencies following the violent nature of the #EndBadGovernance protests in some northern States and the seizure of three presidential aircraft in…

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EndBadGovernance: Rights Group plans to occupy Abuja High Court today

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#EndBadGovernance protesters

…Demands release of detained protesters The Take-It-Back Movement, (TIB), a human rights and pro-democracy organisation, has called for a solidarity gathering at the Federal High Court in Abuja today, Monday, to demand the immediate release of #EndBadGovernance protesters who are facing charges. In a statement issued yesterday via their X account, TIB announced that members will occupy the court premises starting at 7am, to show support for the persecuted and illegally detained protesters. The group extended an invitation to the general public to join the gathering and stand in solidarity…

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