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#EndBadGovernance Protests: ACF Condemns Trial Of Minors, Demands Immediate Release
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has criticised the arrest and trial of some minors from the northern part of the country before a Federal High Court in Abuja on allegations of treason and other offences for their participation in the #EndBadGovernance Protests.
The forum in a statement on Sunday described it as a show of shame and a demonstration of needless official high-handedness at its worst.
ACF National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad- Babahe, said the trial of the minors for their alleged participation in the protests is a strong-arm tactic, reminiscent of strategies employed by authoritarian and intolerant but weak regimes aimed at muscling citizens.
He expressed disappointment in the apparent resort to abandoning court by the trial judge and the unreasonable bail conditions he granted the detainees.
“It was not just the impossible monetary condition but to ask the detainees to provide sureties who must be senior government officials is beyond belief, these being citizens from the lower rungs of society who may never have been to Abuja! Shorn of all niceties or political correctness, the trial simply assaults common sense and it is, in this regard as scandalous and reckless as can be,” the statement read.
The forum also noted that the saga portrays President Bola Tinubu’s Administration in evil light, domestically and internationally and obvious in reportage of the matter in major international news channels.
ACF, therefore, called on the Federal Government to Immediately halt the detention and trial of the arrested citizens; release the “suspects” and return them to their families unharmed.
It also asked the Federal Government to Investigate the circumstances that led to the detention of the so-called suspects for over three months, way beyond the constitutional limits of 24 hours; and extend financial compensation to the detainees for their unnecessary and unjustified detention for over three months and to arrange medical examination, treatment and provide professional, psychological evaluation and counselling to the detainees.
Furthermore, ACF urged the Federal government to Re-evaluate its strategies for processing protests strictly in line with constitutional due processes, principles of good governance and international best practices.
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Protests erupted in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Monday morning over the continued killings of indigenous residents by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militants.
The demonstrations, led by Christian leaders including the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Polycarp Lubo, commenced on Monday morning at the Fawvwei Junction community road, causing a heavy gridlock and stranding commuters.
The latest protest comes amid a surge in violent attacks by gunmen in various communities, with over 100 people killed in Bokkos and Bassa LGAS in the past two weeks.
“We are not happy over the continuous attacks and killings by gunmen in our communities. That’s why we have come out again to protest these happenings,” said Gyang Dalyop, one of the protesters.
Another protester, Hannatu Philip, called on the government to intervene before it spirals out of control.
The protesters brandishing placards with different inscriptions were seen marching towards the Rayfield Government House.
The Presidency has said the former Labour Party, LP, presidential running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed is no match for President Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare was reacting to Datti’s remark that he (Tinubu) would not run for the presidency in 2027.
The former LP running mate insisted that Tinubu’s time is up, adding that everything is there for the president and the ruling All Progressives Party, APC, to see that they lose in 2027.
Dismissing such remark, Dare likened Datti’s comment to the new year predictions of charlatan ‘prophets’ which never come through.
In a statement he signed, Dare said the likes of Peter Obi and Datti would have been president left for the latter’s theories.
According to Dare, Datti has chosen to venture into an unfamiliar terrain.
The statement reads partly: “Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed’s “illogical logic” was all over the place in his recent interview with a television channel.
“Listening to Yusuf Datti Baba- Ahmed spurn his postulations about the political future of Nigeria and that of the incumbent President is like listening to the new year predictions of charlatan ‘prophets’ which never come through. Yusuf Baba Ahmed and his co-traveller Peter Obi are indeed a “double whammy“ in the Nigerian political space.
“He chose to base his political calculations on President Bola Tinubu not winning a second term given his antecedents and because Nigerians will decide at the polls among other things. He conveniently avoided the substance of performance and capacity.
“Unfortunately, he chose to walk into a lane he was unfamiliar with and chose to confront a politician he is no match for.”
Similarly, the Presidency had also stressed that Tinubu will reveal his plans for a second term at the right time.
It said the APC 2027 presidential campaign billboards had no links to Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
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