September 03, (THEWILL) – The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the remand of some of the protesters of the recent #EndBadGovernance protest at the Kuje Correctional Center, pending the hearing and ruling on their bail application slated for September 11, 2024.
The court, however, ordered that the female among the ten defendants arraigned on Monday, be remanded at the Keffi Correctional Center in Nasarawa State.
Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order on Monday after they pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge filed by the Federal Government.
The charges, filed on August 30, 2024, and signed by DCP Simon Lough, SAN, for the Inspector General of Police (IGP), also named a British citizen, Andrew Wynne, aka Andrew Povich (Now at Lage), as a defendant.
In the charge sheet marked, FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024, the defendants were accused of “treason, destabilising the country, intimidating the President and destroying the NCC in Kano”, among others.
The IGP specifically accused the protesters of acting in concert and conspiring with the intention to destabilise the country, to commit a felony, to wit: treason, between July 1 and August 4, 2024.
The court has adjourned until September 11 to rule on their bail application.
