Human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has raised the alarm over the whereabouts of two children arrested by the police in respect of the Endbadgovernance protest.
Recall that hundreds of suspected protesters in detention for multiple months on accusations of treason and destroying public properties were brought to a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday.
The inclusion of malnourished minors among the defendants raised eyebrows.
The public outrage made the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to comment that his ministry will review the ongoing prosecution and take over the matter from the police.
Now, Adeyanju said two minors also in the detention of the police are missing.
The activist-lawyer in an interview with Punchng said the missing minors were supposed to be arraigned alongside the 76 accused persons brought to court on Friday.
“It took a lot of effort for us to get the children to be brought to court on Friday. Two of them who were originally arrested were not even brought to court. We don’t know their whereabouts or what has happened to them. Their names were on the warrant obtained from the court, but they were never brought to court on Friday,” Adeyanju told the publication.
