Panic As #EndBadGovernance Protest Suspect Faint In Court (Video)

There was a mild drama on Friday when one of the suspects brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the recent #EndBadGovernance protests fainted in court.

Naija News reports seventy-five suspects, aged between twelve and fifteen years of age, were brought by the Police before Justice Obiora Egwuatu on a 10-count charge in relation to their participation in the protest.

The suspects, who were allegedly arrested on August 3rd and have since been in detention, are accused of attempting to overthrow the government of President Bola Tinubu by participating in the nationwide protest.

However, when they were arraigned in court on Friday, one of the suspects fainted, which made Justice Egwuatu rise abruptly.

The development caused panic in the courtroom, with some background voices questioning why such young children should be arraigned in court. The other children were also seen shivering in fear with tears in their eyes.

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With the help of lawyers in the courtroom, the frail-looking boy was rushed to the court’s clinic as his co-defendants, who are mostly minors, wept uncontrollably.

Earlier, one of the lawyers representing the defendants, Deji Adeyanju, had disclosed that the minors had spent over 80 days in police custody.

He revealed that the 76 defendants, who will be answering to a 10-count charge marked: FCH/ABJ/CS/503/2024, are among many others that were arrested in Abuja and Kano state during the nationwide protest.