Trial Of Minors Disgraceful, How Can We Be So Wicked? – Bode George Fumes

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has described the arraignment of minors arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest in the country as utterly disgraceful.

Naija News reported that the Nigeria Police arraigned the minors on Friday for alleged treason and later granted N10 million bail to each, while the matter was adjourned till January 2025.

In an interview with Punch, George said the detention and arraignment of the minors in court is shameful, stressing that the country has left every sense of decency and humanity.

He said the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, ought to have taken a decisive position on the detention of the minors and ordered appropriate actions in dealing with them.

He said, “It is absolutely despicable, very wicked. These kids are underage, if they are members of their family would they do that to them? It’s utterly disgraceful, how can we be so wicked? We’ve left every sense of decency and humanity.

“Why would the IGP not direct somebody to revoke that, they had to be detained in a cell and then brought to court, to do what? Don’t we have juvenile court, what’s going on here? Does it mean we’ve lost every sense of decency as a nation? You know what happens when they lock people up in the cell. Why?

“I detest it and would continue to detest it. It’s inhumane. It’s disgraceful.”