#EndBadGovernance: Why Tinubu ordered release of minors, other protesters – Shettima

Many Nigerians, including local and international rights organisations, have condemned the treatment of the protesters, particularly the minors

Vice President Kashim Shettima said President Bola Tinubu ordered the release of over 100 #EndBadGovernannce protesters, including dozens of minors,
“on humanitarian grounds, despite incontrovertible digital video and photographic evidence of the perpetration and actions some of which were uploaded by the actors themselves.”

Mr Shettima stated this on Tuesday afternoon when he received the 114 protesters who were discharged by the court on Tuesday morning.

He said the president decided to give “these young men another chance at becoming responsible citizens who will make a positive impact, in a drive for a better Nigeria.”

The vice president’s comments suggest that the government believes that the protesters, including the minors, were not wrongly treated and that the president only released them out of pity.

However, many Nigerians, including local and international rights organisations, have condemned the treatment of the protesters, particularly the minors, three of whom fainted in court last Friday.

The criticisms are believed to have forced the president to order the release of the protesters, leading to the withdrawal of the charges against them by the attorney general of the federation on Tuesday morning.

Details later…