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Protestors hold a placard as they gather behind barbed wire during the End Bad Governance protest in Abuja on August 1, 2024. [AFP]
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the release of children jailed for taking part in widespread anti-government protests whose frailty during their court appearances sparked outrage, a minister said on Monday.
On Friday, 76 Nigerians, many of them minors, were taken to court in the capital Abuja to stand trial nearly three months after their arrest for taking part in demonstrations against the country's economic crisis.
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