Prosecution of Minors: Welfare of Nigerians not your priority – Northern Coalition to Tinubu
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has reacted to the arraignment of a number of minors by the Nigerian Police.
The minors, according to an earlier report by DAILY POST, were detained for over 90 days before their arraignment in an Abuja High Court on Friday.
Their offence, according to the Nigeria Police, was their participation in a protest against hunger and bad governance.
It was learnt that at least four of the children collapsed in the courtroom during the arraignment as a result of hunger and absence of medical care while in custody.
CNG says that unfortunately, the detention and arraignment of the frail, malnourished and hapless children have exposed the government as a desperate entity that is determined to de-market and embarrass Nigeria before the international community.
In a statement signed by Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, its National Coordinator, the CNG says the continued detention and mistreatment of the minors was a gross violation of their basic rights.
