November 05, (THEWILL) – The Federal High Court in Abuja has terminated the treason charges brought against the #EndBadGovernance protesters by the Inspector General of Police.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu quashed the charges on Tuesday, upon withdrawal by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, on behalf of the Federal Government.
The AGF, represented by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, DPPF M.D Abubakar, at the proceedings, announced his exercise of section 174 of the 1999 Constitution to take over the case from the Inspector General of Police.
Upon the grant of the request by Justice Egwuatu, the AGF proceeded to request for invocation of the same section of the Constitution to discontinue the trial of the 150 accused persons.
Following no objections to the request from various lawyers representing the accused persons, Justice Egwuatu granted the request and struck out the charges.
Justice Egwuatu further ordered the immediate release of all the defendants.
President Bola Tinubu had on Monday, directed the AGF to terminate the charges against the accused persons, most of who are said to be minors and prohibited by law from facing such trial.
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