BREAKING: Mass Trial Of #EndBadGovernance Protesters To Begin Monday In Abuja, Kano, Others As Falana-Led Legal Team Prepares Defence

SaharaReporters learnt that those detained over the #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja can be tried in Justice Emeka Nwite’s court.

The mass trial of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters is scheduled to launch on Monday, September 2, 2024 in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Borno courts.

SaharaReporters learnt that those detained over the #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja can be tried in Justice Emeka Nwite’s court.

Meanwhile, human rights authorized dependable, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) can be main a personnel of lawyers to protect the protesters.

Amnesty World Nigeria had said that over 2,000 protesters were arrested sooner or later of the country for the period of the 10-day protests in opposition to hunger and misgovernance tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.

It demanded the unconditional launch of those arrested, insisting that instead authorities ought to launch up to tackle the points that led to the protests within the predominant affirm.

Namely, Amnesty World said out of the 2,111 suspects arrested sooner or later of the country, 1,403 had been arraigned in assorted courts. 

It lamented that the suspects were ordered to be remanded in jail custody as a result of a lack of real representation.

Closing Sunday, SaharaReporters reported that Justice Nwite of the Federal Excessive Court in Abuja had granted the police’s query to remand 124 protesters in custody for 60 days, pending the completion of investigations.

The court’s interim command turn out to be issued in accordance with separate ex-parte motions filed by police counsel Ibrahim Mohammed, enables for the suspects’ persisted detention.

Particularly, the court directed that minor suspects be held at the Borstal Home of the correctional centre till the conclusion of investigations.

The affected protesters contain minors, who were accused of terrorism and treasonable felonies.

In two ex-parte purposes obtained by SaharaReporters, the Inspector-Fundamental (IG) of Police sought an interim command to remand the suspects till the conclusion of the investigation, which turn out to be granted by Justice Emeka Nwite.

The purposes were brought pursuant to Fraction 66(1) of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) ACT 2022, Fraction 35 (1) (c) of the 1999 Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Fraction 299 the Administration of Criminal Justice ACT 2015 and below the inherent jurisdiction of this honourable court to enviornment up justice.

In the predominant motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1154/2024, between Inspector Fundamental of Police as Complainant/Applicant and 75 protesters; the police alleged they dedicated acts of terrorism, treason, and treasonable felonies, including arson and terrorism.

The police said the offence turn out to be contrary to Sections 2(1) and (3), 24 and 26 of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022; Sections 41 and 42 of the Criminal Code Act; Sections 410, 411, and 412 of the Penal Code Act; and Fraction 4 of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 Regulations of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and other enabling statutes.

In the 2d ex-parte motion with Swimsuit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1223/2024, the police furthermore sought an command to remand yet another enviornment of 49 defendants for 60 days pending the conclusion of the investigation.

The defendants contain Comrade Opaluwa Eleojo, Michael Adaramuye, Musiu Sadiq, Buhari Lawal, Adore Angel Innocent, Suleiman Yakubu, Yunusa Aliyu, Ahmad Nasir, Muhammed Sani, Iliyasu Anas, Abdullahi Sani and Gaddafi Muhammed.

Others contain Abubakar Ibrahim 18 Years, Abubakar Adam 19 Years, Suleiman Ali 16 Years, Mubarak Mas’ud 23 Years, Umar Musa 19 Years, Aminu Hussaini 20 Years, Umar Muhd Kabir 23 Years, Ibrahim Aliyu Musa 24 Years, Aminu Muhd 24 Years, Abba Usman 30 Years, Usman Muhd 20 Years, Umar Inusa 18 Years, and Tasi’u Lawan 17 Years.

Others contain Ibrahim Rabi’u 16 Years, Jamilu Haruna 16 Years, Muktar Yahaya 17 Years, Usman Surajo 18 Years, Musa Adam 22 Years, Usman Yusuf 22 Years, Usman Yunusa 20 Years, Bello Abdullahi 23 Years, Abba Adamu 22 Years, Isma’il Yunusa Abdullahi 28 Years, Abdullahi Suleiman 17 Years, Haruna Suleiman 22 Years, Suleiman Dauda 17 Years, Abbas Hamza 26 Years, Abubakar Abdullahi 18 Years, and Umar Muhd Sani 26 Years.

Amongst them are Yusuf Haruna Lawan 21 Years, Yahaya Musa 18 Years, Yahaya Sani 20 Years, Abdullahi Sani 21 Years, Abdulbasit Abdulsalam 34 Years, Muktar Ishaq Alhassan 16 Years, Sani Aliyu 17 Years, Mahmud Mustapha 16 Years, Umar Muhd 24 Years, Umar Abdullahi 17 Years, Tasi’u Muhd 18 Years, Habibu Sani 17 Years, Auwalu Abdullahi 21 Years, Abdulmalik Auwal 19 Years, Umar Ahmad Umar 25 Years, Abubakar Muhd 22 Years, Mustapha Abubakar 17 Years, Umar Ahmad Muhd 24 Years, Sani Hassan Idris 17 Years, Abdulrahaman Ibrahim 17 Years, Kabiru Sani 25 Years, Sammani Ali 25 Years, Abba Ahmad 23 Years, Sa’idu Usman Usman 25 Years, and Salisu Adamu 16 Years.

On Monday, SaharaReporters reported that President Bola Tinubu’s administration had found give a dangle to from Justice Nwite of the Federal Excessive Court in Abuja to suppress opposition to its policies, which critics argue are depraved to the of us and democracy.

These policies, utilized all the device in which by the last 15 months, have confidence led to widespread poverty and a surge within the worth of dwelling, with overall food items cherish beans and rice reaching anecdote costs of N400 and N300 per cup, respectively.

On the synthetic hand, the authorities’s policies have confidence targeted dissenting voices and media practitioners, with Justice Nwite’s recent rulings legitimising the crackdown on critics of the administration.

Opponents argue that these policies, introduced within the course of the predominant 15 months, have confidence had devastating penalties for the nation. The court’s selections had been perceived as aligning with the authorities’s affirm, fueling debates about the gentle balance between governance and the freedom to proper dissenting opinions.

SaharaReporters reported that Justice Emeka Nwite turn out to be the resolve who gave an ex-parte command freezing accounts of some alleged #EndBadGovernance protesters.

SaharaReporters final Sunday reported that a Federal Excessive Court in Abuja had issued an command freezing the bank accounts of 32 folks and companies allegedly linked to the #EndBadGovernance protests that took affirm sooner or later of Nigeria between August 1 and August 10.

The protests were supposed to highlight the challenges Nigerians confronted with increasing hunger, misgovernance and exacerbating insecurity that have confidence pressured residents to abandoned their farms, main to food insecurity.

The command furthermore directed banks to detain memoir holders or anybody found transacting industry on the affected accounts, pending investigation and prosecution.

The memoir numbers affected contain 4010073491 (Constancy Bank), 1255130019 (Access Bank), 0006084167 (Abbey Mortgage Multipurpose Bank Plc), 0821931299 (FCMB), 1012007655 (FCMB), 0000575573 (A AG Mortgage Bank Plc), 1007871587 (UBA), 2037117333 (UBA), 5421031104 (ECOBANK), 0024541201 (Union Bank), 1022899050 (UBA), 8755008491 (Division World Products and services Ltd), 5630208636 (Constancy), and 4936992542 (Fairmoney Microfinance Bank).

Others are 8755008499 (Division World Monetary Products and services Ltd), 2088228208 (UBA), 2115678044 (Zenith Bank), 3041823452 (First Bank), 1011828445 (Unusual Edge Finance), 3024402748 (First Bank), 0161502459 (GTBank), 0040580047 (Access Bank), 0250291788 (Wema Bank), 6112464260 (Division World Monetary Products and services Ltd), 1000774097 (Sparkle Microfinance Bank Ltd), 3434649965 (Fairmoney Microfinance Bank), 2013556714 (KUDA Microfinance Bank), 3104962864 (Polaris Bank), 6112464267 (Division World Finance Products and services Lit), 8137051249 (OPAY) and 8137051249 (PALMPAY).