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Falana Gives Police August 25 Ultimatum To Charge Detained Protesters To Court

Posted by on August 22, 2024 | 4:44 pm 0

Human Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has urged the Nigerian Police to charge the protesters in its custody to court before August 25 or face legal action.

The legal advisor gave the warning in a statement titled ‘HALT THE CLAMPDOWN ON PROTESTERS’.

He accused the authorities of preventing legal representation for the protesters, leading to their being remanded in prison.

Falana stated that only 1,403 suspects have been arraigned out of 2,111 arrested suspects.

According to him, “Out of the 2,111 arrested suspects, 1,403 have been arraigned in various courts. Painfully, the suspects were ordered to be remanded in prison custody due to a lack of legal representation.

“The suspects were denied legal representation even though the Nigerian Bar Association had publicly announced its intention to provide lawyers to defend them.

“We have also confirmed that individual lawyers who had applied for the bail of the detained suspects in police stations were not informed that they were going to be arraigned in the courts.

“We submit that the decision by the authorities to deny the suspects legal representation constitutes a violent breach of their fundamental right to fair hearing guaranteed by section 36 of the Constitution and article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.

“This is highly discriminatory and illegal on the ground that politically exposed persons who are arrested for looting the treasury to the tune of several billions of Naira are usually informed in advance of the dates and of their arraignment in the courts. Such highly placed suspected looters are always granted bail in liberal terms and even authorised by trial judges to travel abroad for medical treatment.”

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