#EndBadGovernance Protest: FG orders release of all detained minors; launches probe of officials involved

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the release of all minors arrested in connection to the #EndBadGovernanceProtest organized across the country in August.

This is following public outcry after three of them and an adult fainted while being prosecuted in court last week in Abuja.

Tinubu’s directive was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while briefing State House correspondents after meeting with the president.

“The president has directed the immediate release of all the minors that have been arrested by the police without prejudice to any legal processes there are,” Mr Idris said.

He said the president also directed that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction should see to the welfare of the minors and ensure their reunion with their families.

He also announced that the government will form a committee to investigate the conduct of all officials involved, and anyone found in breach of the law will face disciplinary action.

It is unclear if such persons to be investigated would include the police officers, prosecutors and the police who kept the minors in custody for several weeks, as well as the judge who approved their detention despite knowing they were minors.