Falana urges court to discharge minors on trial for treason
02 November 2024 |
10:26 am
Defendants in the ongoing trial instituted by the Federal Government against some children for allegedly taking part in the August protest tagged #EndBadGovernance have filed a notice of preliminary objection. Defendants, in the notice, are asking the learned trial judge to decline jurisdiction in the case and for an order mandating the complainant to…
Defendants in the ongoing trial instituted by the Federal Government against some children for allegedly taking part in the August protest tagged #EndBadGovernance have filed a notice of preliminary objection.
Defendants, in the notice, are asking the learned trial judge to decline jurisdiction in the case and for an order mandating the complainant to pay their school fees till at least senior secondary school or university level in compliance with Section 18 (3) (a) (b)(c) of the 1999 Constitution, Section 15 of the Child’s Rights Act, Section 2 of the Universal Basic Education Act and Article 17 of the African Charter.
In an application filed on their behalf by senior human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), they argued that the Federal High Court lacks the jurisdiction to try them by virtue of Section 251 of the 1999 Constitution, that by virtue of Section 204 of the Child’s Rights Act, they can be subjected to only the child justice system and they cannot be tried with adults in a formal adult court.
Defendants in the notice are among the 119 defendants brought before the court for arraignment on treasonable felony, rioting, destruction of public property, assaulting security officials, and looting, among other charges on Friday.
They were alleged to have participated in the last #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano State during which they allegedly chanted anti-government slogans, called for unlawful change of government through military intervention, and carried foreign flags.
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