President Bola Tinubu has on Monday directed for the release of the minors arrested and arraigned.
This is after national outrage over the arrest and arraignment of minors in the #EndBadGovernance protests held in several parts of the country in August.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Monday after the President swore in seven newly appointed ministers cleared by the Senate.
The minister said the President ordered the immediate release of the minors without prejudice to whatever legal processes that are ongoing.
The President also directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction to immediately see to the welfare of those minors, and also take part to ensure their smooth reunion with their parents or guardians wherever they are in the country.
The arrested protesters were brought from various parts of the North to Abuja where they had been held in incarceration since August. They were charged with treason for flying the Russian flag.
