Endbadgovernance Protesters: AGF intervenes, requests case file from police
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has directed that the case file of the detained ‘Endbadgovernance protesters be transferred to his office.
Mr Fagbemi disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
He said that he noticed that the police had arraigned those arrested in connection with the Endbadgovernance protest in court for various offences including treason.
He said that he was equally aware that the court had remanded the defendants in detention centres and adjourned the case to January.
He stated, “It is not within my power to vary the order of the court remanding the defendants in detention centres and adjourning the case to January. But there are some issues my office will need to look into regarding the matter to enable me to make an informed decision. I have directed the Nigeria Police to transfer the case file to my office and hand it over to the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF) tomorrow, Saturday, November2, 2024.
“I have further directed the DPPF to immediately put machinery in motion for consideration of the court to bring the adjournment date forward to an earlier date.’’
(NAN)
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