BREAKING: President Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arraigned for Participating in Endbadgovernance Protest
President Bola Tinubu Monday ordered the immediate release all the minors arrested and facing prosecution over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest.
He said they should be let off the hook without prejudice to the law.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, in Abuja.
He said President Tinubu had also directed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda to see to the welfare of the minors.
Dr. Yilwatda was sworn in as Minister Monday alongside six others and is carrying out presidential directives few hours later.
Idris explained that the President said all the law enforcement agents involved in the arrest, detention and prosecution of the minors be investigated and anyone found culpable, would face appropriate disciplinary action.
