Crime and Law
Breaking: Court frees 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters bail

Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, has granted 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters who were arrested and detained for treason among others, to a bail in the sum of N10m each and one surety in like sum.
While delivering the ruling, the presiding judge held that Nigeria’s criminal justice system has its stipulations for the prosecutor and the defendant.
The presiding judge, agreed with the argument of the 1st 2nd, and 4th defendants’ counsel, Abubakar Marshall, “that anybody charged with a criminal offence must be presumed innocent until proven guilty”.
Subsequently, he granted the bail application of all ten defendants.
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