Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, is set to
preside over an elaborate handover ceremony to transfer custody of malnourished
minors detained over #EndBadGovernance protests to their respective state
governors from the northern region.
This move comes three months after the children were
taken into custody under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
It was exclusively reported that the Minister of
Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), had
completed the necessary paperwork to release all those detained over
#EndBadGovernance protests, including minors charged with treason and facing
the death penalty.
Earlier on Monday, President Bola Tinubu ordered the
release of the underage children arraigned before an Abuja Federal High Court
on Friday, November 1, following national and international outrage and
condemnation.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation,
Mohammed Idris, announced the development to State House correspondents during
an emergency briefing at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
“The Vice President is to receive them after they
leave court tomorrow (Tuesday) and hand each everyone of them back to their
state governors from the north at an ‘elaborate’ ceremony,” a source in the
Presidency
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