SERAP gives Tinubu 48 hours for release of ‘hungry, malnourished’ children,
Daily Trust Pg.72, Thisday Pg.51
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action to release detained #EndBadGovernance protesters, including 32 children who are reportedly hungry and malnourished.
SERAP called on Tinubu to direct Attorney General Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of these children and other protesters who are being held for peacefully exercising their rights.
SERAP emphasized that the detained children and protesters are in custody solely because of their participation in peaceful demonstrations. The organization also called for law enforcement agencies to investigate alleged human rights violations against the detainees and to hold those responsible accountable.
In an open letter dated November 2, 2024, and signed by SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization stressed that detaining children for exercising their rights is contrary to the principle of the “best interests of the child.”
Halt treason trial for minors, release, compensate detainees, ACF tells FG
Tribune Pg.3, The Punch Pg.2, Daily Trust Pg.6, Daily Trust Pg.7, The Nation Pg.7, Thisday pg.18
The apex northern sociocultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the Federal Government to release those arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged plot to overthrow the government and treason following their participation in the August 2024 #EndBadGovernance protests.
The ACF said it has observed the spectacle of fellow citizens, hauled before a Federal High Court at Abuja, on trial of allegations of treason, and other offences, arising from their participation in the August 2024 #EndBadGovernance protests.
ACF in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor T.A Muhammad-Baba noted that the suspects consist mostly of minors, describing the trial as a “show of shame and it is as crass, gross and disturbing as can be. It is also a demonstration of needless official high-handedness at its worst”.
EFCC Act: Anxiety as govs, EFCC, others await Supreme Court judgment
Daily Sun Pg. 13
The Supreme Court is in the spotlight as it prepares to deliver judgment in the consolidated suit by 15 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practice and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NIFU).
The states in the consolidated suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023 are Kogi, Ondo, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Nassarawa, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, Enugu, Plateau, Cross River, Niger and Bauchi.
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