Minors Trial: How Do You Expect Them To Pay ₦10 Million? – Gov Bala

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has condemned the trial of minors who took part in the August hunger protest and the stringent bail conditions they must meet to regain freedom.

Governor Bala Mohammed decried that poor and hungry children who exercised their rights to peaceful protest were being tried and put in a worse condition by the government.

The Bauchi State Governor expressed his displeasure in a statement in Hausa on his Facebook handle, “ArewaMuFarka,” on Saturday.

“How do you expect a person who is unable to feed himself three square meals a day to bail himself in the sum of ₦10 million as surety?” Mohammed said.

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum also condemned the inhuman treatment meted out to the minors three months before their arraignment.

He noted that the poor look of the minors while in court on Friday showed they lacked food and were dejected while in Police custody.

“Looking dejected, hungry, lack of balanced diet food, the vividly looking protest suspects clearly indicate how they were being badly treated and humiliated while in detention in police cells,” Leadership quoted him.

Governor Bala called on “security agencies in the country, the judiciary and human rights bodies to demand the release of those underage suspects“.