Nigeria Detain Pikin Dem For #EndBadGovernance Protest

You don hear di tori wey dey make headlines? Nigeria detain and carry small small pikin go court because dem join di #EndBadGovernance protest. Di kontri wey dey try show di world say dem be champion for democracy don carry matter wey no make sense. Former presidential oga, Laolu Akande, don come outside with mouth wey sharp, tok say di way government dey handle di matter dey shameful and no show better example.

Akande yarn am for Channels Television say di matter no make sense at all. Him tok say di detention and arraignment of di young protesters just dey embarrass Nigeria anyhow. He ask, “No be say government no fit hold matter against dem o, but no be like this way wey no even show respect for di young pikin dem.” Him believe say di approach wey di government take dey wrong, and e send wrong message to di world, say Nigeria no sabi give fair treatment and justice, especially for di youth dem.

Di wahala no even end there. Reports don show say dem don hold these small pikins pass di lawful time wey dem suppose detain dem. Di poor children dey suffer for detention centers for different corners of di kontri. Di mata be say, some of these pikin never even see court since dem lock dem up, and di way court set bail for dem na wahala on top wahala. Di judge set bail of ₦10 million for each of di pikins, but di mata funny reach say one senator wey get case no too serious get only ₦500,000 bail.

Akande no keep quiet on top di matter. E tok say di double standard wey government dey show dey make di whole thing look as if dem just dey punish di young ones for nothing. “Di way wey government dey carry di young pikins dey waka no dey good at all. Na di future of dis kontri we dey talk about o!” Akande yarn say di punishment dey too much and e go just break di unity wey Nigeria dey try build.

Na true talk, Akande remind everybody say Nigeria wan be di giant of Africa, wan dey sit down gidigba for United Nations Security Council, and wan make di world respect am. But if na like this dem go dey waka, how di kontri go take get respect for di international level? Di kind disgrace wey dis matter dey bring na something wey di government suppose stop by all legal means.

Wahala still continue as Nigeria Attorney-General, Lateef Fagbemi, don collect di case from police hand after di whole noise from di public. Akande thank Fagbemi for him quick action but still wonder why di Ministry of Justice no involve for di matter from di beginning. According to Akande, dis delay fit spoil di democratic waka wey di President dey try make. “If dem dey continue like dis, Nigeria go lose di small respect wey e get for international level,” e talk.

Di Nigeria Police Force P.R.O, Muyiwa Adejobi, come defend di police action. E tok say pikin wey dey above seven years fit enter court for case. For him mind, he dey clear say di pikin dem wey dem arraign na from 13 years up, and no be small pikin under seven years. E say, “Once you don pass seven years, you fit enter court for Nigeria.” E explain say di pikins use di #EndBadGovernance protest do bad thing and even carry foreign flags wey dem no suppose carry, so dem get reason to hold dem.

Adejobi still tok say some of these minors no be small pikin as people think. Federal Government lawyer, Rimazonte Ezekiel, still yarn say some of dem even get wives wey follow dem enter court with their papa and mama. Na why di court grant bail wey reach ₦10 million each, and dem set di condition say each one go bring two surety – one civil servant level 15 and di other one di pikin parent. Dis whole bail requirement dey like mountain for these small pikins to climb.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu from Federal High Court wey handle di case yarn say di surety dem go still carry their international passport, take passport photograph, and swear affidavit of means join di bail conditions. Di condition wey di judge set dey so strict say di pikins no fit meet up, and people just dey wonder wetin dey really happen for di justice system.

Di entire tori dey show clear double standard, and e dey pain everybody wey hear am. Di minors wey go protest to make their voice heard on top bad governance dey now suffer wahala wey big pass dem. Akande no keep quiet, e dey ask how dis kind treatment go help Nigeria reach di level wey dem dey pray for. E believe say di whole disgrace no make Nigeria look good for outside world. If dem wan dey call demself di “Giant of Africa,” dem suppose show better example, no be all dis harsh treatment on top small pikin.

Di whole gist na say di small pikins wey join #EndBadGovernance protest just dey suffer for di sake of national politics. Di matter dey serious, and di kind punishment wey dem dey face too big for their small heads. Di tori dey continue, and di whole kontri dey watch how di government go finally handle dis national disgrace.

Di public reaction don show say many Nigerians no dey happy with di way police handle dis matter. People dey wonder why Nigeria go dey treat young pikins as if dem no get value. For dis digital age wey tori dey fly fast, Nigeria suppose know say di world dey watch. As Akande talk am, di future of Nigeria dey depend on how di country treat di young ones.

Akande still call out di government on top di kind image wey dem dey project. Him tok say dis matter fit damage Nigeria image permanently if dem no take am seriously. E say, “We no fit dey punish di future of di kontri like dis if we wan make Nigeria better.” Di solution to dis wahala dey simple – government need to do am right, make dem treat di young pikins with respect, and make di justice system fair.