Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, says his administration will do everything possible to bring back minors arrested in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protest, believed to be from the state.
Recall that protesters arrested during the protests, including minors, were arraigned on Friday at a Federal High Court in Abuja charged with terrorism, arson and treasonable felony.
It was gathered that those arrested were from Abuja, Kaduna, Gombe, Jos, Katsina, and Kano.
Many Nigerians, including leading politicians and civil society, have however, condemned the arraignment of minors even as the Federal Government’s legal counsel Rimazonte Ezekiel, claimed that all the arraigned persons were adults as most of them are married men.
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, however, said the youngest arraigned person is 13 years old.
Reacting to the incident on his official X handle, governor Yusuf said the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi has been directed to take immediate action on the matter.
“My attention has been drawn to the appearance of teenagers (some believed to be from Kano) in court today in Abuja.
“The Commissioner of Justice has been instructed to act immediately on the issue. We shall do everything possible to get them back to Kano, in sha Allah,” Yusuf said.
