By Oke Joseph
The Federal Government, on Monday, arraigned 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters who had been arrested in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, and Gombe before a federal high court in Abuja.
The defendants, who were charged with treasonable felony, which carries the death penalty, and accusations of a “plan to destabilise Nigeria”, were brought to the court amidst tight security.
The defendants, while taking their pleas before the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, pleaded not guilty to the six counts filed against them.
The defendants are Michael Tobiloba Adaramoye (aka Lenin); Adeyemi Abiodun Abayomi (aka Yomi); Suleiman Yakubu; Comrade Opaluwa Eleojo Simeon; Angel Innocent; Buhari Lawal; Mosiu Sadiq; Bashir Bello (aka Murtala); Nuradeen Khamis; and Abdulsalam Zubairu.
The arrested protesters had faulted the court order that permitted their arrest and detention, telling President Bola Tinubu that he had no right to arrest them.