Arraignment Of Malnourished Children in Abuja
J.B. DAUDU (SAN) ON ARRAIGNMENT OF MALNOURISHED CHILDREN FOR TREASON IN ABUJA ON 01 NOVEMBER 2024 The only thing obscene about the Federal High Court proceedings in Abuja yesterday is the nature of the charge, which is allegedly treason. Minors and that is if they are less than 16 years are usually treated as adults when they are found committing crimes. So had they been charged for the right offences in the territory of the States where they allegedly misconducted themselves, I would have had no problems. For me the highest offences that they could have been charged for are ‘conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace’ ‘unlawful assembly’ ‘willful destruction of public property’ ‘theft’ otherwise known in the South of Nigeria as ‘Stealing’ and other offences of like nature I.e., ‘Affray’, which are not only State Offences but bailable offences. advertisement Thus, the Attorney General of the Federation has no locus to charge any of the young men we saw i