Arraignment of Minors: Disturbing, condemnable – Peter Obi knocks Nigerian govt

Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has knocked President Bola Tinubu’s authorities implicit the arraignment of minors who participated successful the caller EndBadGovernance protest.

He called connected the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the Federation, the Police and the DSS, arsenic good arsenic the National Human Rights Commission, to thoroughly analyse the inhuman attraction of minors to avert specified occurrences successful the future.

DAILY POST reported that 76 persons were arraigned connected Friday astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja for participating successful the caller EndBadGovernance protest.

DAILY POST reports that 1 of the minors arraigned collapsed earlier the commencement of the trial.

However, successful a station connected his X grip connected Friday, Obi said astir of the radical successful authorities contiguous leveraged the Constitution, lasting arsenic champions of bully governance portion successful opposition.

”He said: ‘I conscionable watched the disturbing and condemnable scenes captured successful a circulating video, showing 124 protesters—among them minors—appearing successful tribunal contiguous arsenic portion of efforts to unafraid the enforcement of their cardinal rights.

”The footage reveals minors, immoderate truthful anemic that they could hardly stand, others fainting from sheer exhaustion and deficiency of nourishment. These children appeared visibly malnourished and starved—a information that should alarm the conscience of each national successful our nation. From their look, they were poorly handled contempt being successful the custody of the national authorities of Nigeria. The offence being alleged against these suspects, including minors, is protesting against atrocious governance that was straight affecting their livelihood and which our constitution nether a antiauthoritarian dispensation guarantees them.

”Curiously, astir of the radical successful authorities contiguous leveraged this facet of the Constitution lasting arsenic champions of bully governance portion successful opposition. Moreover, our presumption presumes that suspects merit immoderate dignity, adjacent successful a correctional location arsenic quality beings. The crushed wherefore we should each beryllium acrophobic astir a concern similar this is due to the fact that we are portion of a planetary assemblage wherever quality dignity should beryllium respected.

”May I admit the presiding lordship for halting the proceedings and redeeming the state further embarrassment it would person been to the World arsenic a antiauthoritarian nation? I would similar to telephone connected applicable authorities, particularly the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the Federation, the Police, and the DSS, arsenic good arsenic the National Human Rights Commission, to thoroughly analyse specified inhuman attraction of minors to avert specified incidents successful the future.”