Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, and presided over by justice Obiora Egwuatu, on Friday, granted a N10 million bail to each of the 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters arraigned by Nigerian government on charges bordering on treasonable felony, rioting, destruction of public property, assaulting security officials, looting, among others.
The arrested protesters were arraigned in two batches of 76 and 42, but four out of the first batch of 76 were not arraigned because they collapsed in the courtroom.
The four, who were minors and looking very malnourished, fainted as they approached the dock for arraignment with their lawyers rushing to give them aid.
The prosecuting counsel applied to the court for the four suspects who fainted to get first aid and be arraigned later. Justice Egwuatu on seeing the situation, sat the case down briefly to enable the protesters who were sick to be attended to.
Upon resumption, the court granted the prayers for four suspects to be excempted from the arraignment to a later date.
The defendants are made up of minors and other protesters arrested from several locations in Kaduna, Kano, Gombe, Plateau, Katsina states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Justice Obiora Egwuata remanded the adults at the Kuje prisons in Abuja while the minors are to be remanded at the Bostal Children Home pending the perfection of their bail conditions.