DAILY POST
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has described the N10 million bail imposed by Justice Friday Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja on detained minors charged to court as judicial tyranny and cruelty to children.
He called on President Bola Tinubu to order the unconditional release of minors.
DAILY POST reports that the detained minors who appeared before the court last Friday were arrested over their alleged participation in the recent #EndBadGovernance protests in parts of the country.
Frank in a statement issued on Sunday condemned the detention of the minors in an adult correctional facility among hardened criminals.
He lamented that the children have spent over 90 days in detention under inhuman conditions, saying even looters in the country who contributed to impoverishing and confining these kids to the streets don’t get similar treatment because they are buoyant financially to buy freedom when arrested.
Frank noted that for Tinubu not to have ordered the release of the children since Friday but watched them sent to prison despite public outcry, shows heartlessness and lack of fatherly love and care for children.
He added that even in Western countries like the US and the UK, children who are convicted of crimes of murder are not sent to jail but rather taken to juvenile homes for psychological therapy and rehabilitation.
He said that was what Nigerians expected from the President.
