
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has called for the case file of the 75 protesters who participated in the #EndBadGovernance protest.
Fagbemi’s intervention follows the heavy criticisms on and off social media over the arraignment of minors especially one of the children fainted in court.
The minister in a personally signed statement issued Friday night, announced that he would intervene even as he directed that the case file be submitted to him on Saturday, which is a non-working day in public service.
The statement read: “It has just come to my notice that the police have arraigned those arrested in connection with the endbad governance violent protest in court for various offences including treason.
“There are some issues my office will need to look into regarding the matter to enable me take an informed decision.
“I am aware that the court has remanded the defendants in detention centres and adjourned the case to January”.
“It is not within my power to vary the order of the court remanding the defendants in detention centres and adjourning the case to January. I have, however, directed the Nigeria Police to transfer the casefile to my office and hand over same to the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF) tomorrow, Saturday 2nd November, 2024.
“I have further directed the DPPF to immediately put machinery in motion for consideration of the court to bring the adjournment date forward (an earlier date)” the statement.
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