This was after the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) in the last general elections, Atiku Abubukar and Peter Obi, respectively, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa; the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) and Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), had condemned the detention and prosecution of children who participated in the last Endbadgovernance protests, describing it as horrible.
One of the children collapsed on Friday in court while standing trial in a Federal High Court in Abuja.