By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Following the public outrage that has continued to trail the arraignment of some minors on Friday, the Kano state Governor Abba Yusuf has directed the immediate return of the minors back to Kano.
The Source reports that the Police had arraigned about 72 minors arrested during the EndBadGovernance protest across the country at an Abuja Federal High Court .
During the arraignment, four of the minors, apparently due to lack of food and general care collapsed. That triggered wide spread indignation among most Nigerians.
The Minors who were looking unkept and malnourished were rounded up majorly from Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Abuja and Plateau States during the EndBadGovernance protest.
The ten-day protest against hunger was mainly characterized by violence, looting, destruction and arson in states like Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, and Gombe.
Besides, the destruction and burning of several public and private properties, protesters also brandished national flags of foreign countries, particularly that of Russia, a development the Federal Government branded treasonable.
Governor Yusuf at the weekend, directed the State Attorney General, and Commissioner for Justice to do everything legally possible to return Kano indigenes among the minors back to the state.
Writing on his official site Governor said: ” My attention has been drawn to the appearance of teenagers (some believed to be from Kano) in Court in Abuja .
“The Commissioner for Justice has been instructed to act immediately on the issue. We shall do everything possible to get them back to Kano in sha Allah'”
The minors who are being prosecuted on terrorism, arson and treasonable charges,were on Friday granted bail each to the tune of N10 million.
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