A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Festus Ogun, has condemned the charges brought against protesters who participated in a nationwide demonstration demanding an end to bad governance and economic hardship. He called the charges 'bogus' and an abuse of judicial process.
Festus Ogun, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, has asked the attorney-general of the federation , Lateef Fagbemi, Nigeria ns staged a 10-day nationwide protest to
The police announced the arrest of alleged perpetrators in some states and secured an order to detain 124 of them in prison custody within the federal capital territory for 60 days pending the conclusion of investigations.an abuse of court process and a waste of the country’s financial resources. “Now, leveling bogus criminal charges against citizens for simply mobilizing and demanding for a better country is purely an abuse of judicial process and waste of meager government resources.”
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