President Bola Ahmed decided to release over 100 #Endbadgovernance strictly on humanitarian grounds, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima.
The vice president made this known on Tuesday contrary to suggestions that the backlash from local and international critics of the administration forced it to released the detainees from detention.
The magazine reported that the trial, in court, of the protesters who are predominantly minors last week, sparked global condemnations against the Tinubu’s administration even as rights groups such as the Amnesty International demanded their immediate release.
A total of 144 protesters who took part in the August #endbadgovernance were arraigned in the federal high court, Abuja after spending close to 100 days in police cells.
Their trial immediately received global attention after some of them collapsed in the court room, sparkling the demand for them to be set free through government amnesty.
Speaking after their release today, Shetima said the president ordered their release purely on ‘humanitarian grounds” contrary to suggestions that he was forced to do so.
The Source reports that the vice president had after receiving the protesters on Tuesday said they will be handed over to state governors, from where they hailed from for rehabilitation.
