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SaharaReporters reported connected Saturday that Lenin who was arrested connected August 5, for his engagement successful the precocious concluded 10-day #EndBadGovernance protests would beryllium arraigned successful tribunal by the Nigerian authorities connected trumped-up charges alongside different activists connected Monday.
A pro-democracy radical Take It Back Movement (TIB) has slammed the Nigeria Police Force for postponing the arraignment of #EndBadGovernance protesters.
Meanwhile, a ample contingent of information unit was deployed to the Federal High Court analyzable successful Abuja connected Monday, arsenic the national authorities prepared to arraign rights activist, Michael Adaramoye (also known arsenic Michael Lenin), and different protesters associated with the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests.
SaharaReporters reported connected Saturday that Lenin who was arrested connected August 5, for his engagement successful the precocious concluded 10-day #EndBadGovernance protests would beryllium arraigned successful tribunal by the Nigerian authorities connected trumped-up charges alongside different activists connected Monday.
Take-It-Back Movement confirmed this connected Saturday, adding that Nigerians should beryllium successful tribunal connected Monday to connection solidarity.
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Also, successful a connection released connected Sunday via their X account, TIB announced that its members would inhabit the tribunal premises starting astatine 7am to amusement enactment for the protesters.
However, successful a connection connected Monday, the radical condemned the postponement of the arraignment by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, describing it arsenic a amusement of incompetence and the challenges of criminalising protests.
TIB Movement said, "The postponement of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters' arraignment again exposure constabulary incompetence and the challenges of criminalising protests, arsenic lawyers inactive await circumstantial charges. Protests cannot beryllium criminalised!"
An activistic who was contiguous successful tribunal to witnesser the arraignment said: "The Nigerian Authorities person refused to arraign Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq and Eleojo Opaluwa astatine the Federal High Court today.
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"The trio has been successful amerciable detention for 2 weeks now, nether the directive of Mr Nuhu Ribadu, erstwhile president of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and contiguous National Security Adviser to President Tinubu.
“Instead of releasing them, the national authorities wastefully utilized nationalist wealth to transport the army, constabulary and DSS to tribunal due to the fact that of planned solidarity protests by Nigerians astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja,” a connection signed by by Francis Nwapa, National Secretary, Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) and Publicity Secretary of RSM, Salako Kayode connected Monday said.
SaharaReporters had reported that Lenin and Sodiq were arrested during a raid connected fashionable activistic Babatunde Oluajo, known wide arsenic OSB Sankara’s residence astir 2am connected August 5, by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Global quality rights organisation, Amnesty International had condemned successful strongest terms, the continuous arbitrary detention of the protesters.
SaharaReporters observed dense deployment of information agents astir the tribunal connected Monday morning.
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