Starvation Protests: Falana To Sue FG If Freed Minors Not Rehabilitated

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has threatened to sue the Federal Authorities if the minors arrested and arraigned in reference to the latest starvation protests should not rehabilitated after their launch.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said this on Tuesday whereas reviewing a guide titled ‘Judiciary Terrorism’ by Richard Akinnola in Abuja.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja, had on Tuesday struck out the case in opposition to 119 protesters, following an utility by the Legal professional-Normal of the Federation to discontinue the FG’s case in opposition to the protesters.

On the court docket session on Tuesday, Abubakar prayed the court docket to permit the AGF take over the matter.

The event got here after President Bola Tinubu on Monday ordered the discharge of all of the minors held in custody in relation to the protest.

In his response, Falana stated withdrawing the fees was not sufficient. He added that the federal government should rehabilitate them and ship them again to high school.

He stated, “Simply this morning earlier than this programme started, I used to be within the courts right here in Abuja, the place 119 Nigerians, together with twenty-nine minors, had been delivered to court docket. However the authorities was so ashamed that it couldn’t carry them into the courtroom, in contrast to final week.

“The federal government got here to court docket this morning to withdraw the frivolous prices, so the younger folks have been freed.

“However as I informed the court docket, it’s not sufficient to terminate this trial. These younger folks, who ought to have been in class throughout the protests, should be rehabilitated by the federal government. And we’ll guarantee they’re rehabilitated and despatched to high school.

“If the federal government fails, we’ll take the matter to court docket. It’s the authorities’s duty, beneath the Baby Rights Act, which has been adopted and enacted by all states of the Federation. Part 15 of this regulation stipulates that each baby in Nigeria shall obtain free and obligatory training from major to secondary faculty.”