{"id":114992,"date":"2024-11-04T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114992"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:18:11","slug":"breaking-tinubu-directs-immediate-release-of-minors-facing-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-tinubu-directs-immediate-release-of-minors-facing-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tinubu directs immediate release of minors facing prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1814812920228774976\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following national outrage and international consternation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all the minors arrested and facing prosecution in court over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest should immediately be released without prejudice to the law.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1814812920228774976-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPresident Tinubu also directed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction to see to the welfare of the minors.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said that the President said all the law enforcement agents involved in the arrest, detention and prosecution of the minors be investigated and anyone found culpable, would face appropriate disciplinary action.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following national outrage and international consternation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all the minors arrested and facing prosecution in court over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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