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Court in rowdy session as malnourished minors accused of treason collapse

By Ologeh Joseph Chibu

There was a rowdy session in Court on Friday as some minors arraigned on charges of treason collapsed in the court room

The FG arraigned 76 malnourished children accused of protesting against Government policies. Some of them were accused of carrying Russian flag which the authorities interpret to mean treason.

The children were arrested from different parts of the country.

Protesters were picked from Abuja, Kano, Plateau, Kaduna, Gombe and Katsina.

The minors appeared before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court.

They were accused of participating in the #EndHunger protests in August.

Some of those paraded were Umar Musa, 15; Muhammadu Mustapha, 16; Awolu Abdulahi, 21; Nura Ibrahim, 24; and Abdulbasi Abdusalami, 34.

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