Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal Top Court docket in Abuja on Wednesday granted 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters who have been arrested and detained for treason amongst others, to a bail within the sum of N10m every and one surety in like sum.
Age handing over the ruling, the trial pass judgement on held that Nigeria’s felony justice gadget has its conditions for the prosecutor and the defendant.
Justice Nwite, indubitably with the argument of the first second, and 4th defendants’ recommend, Abubakar Marshall, “that anybody charged with a criminal offence must be presumed innocent until proven guilty”.
In this observe, he granted the bail utility of all ten defendants.
He mentioned, “I’ve sparsely thought to be the submission of the recommend on each divides. I hereby handover the defendants bail however the crime.
“The bail is hereby granted to the defendants applicant in the sum of N10m each and one surety in like some”.
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