Supreme Court Verdict: 35 Women, 5 men protesters arrested By Police

From Daniel Abel, Lafia

About thirty five women and five men suspected to be women for justice on Friday were arrested for protesting against the decision of supreme court verdict sitting in Abuja on Friday.

The women who were protesting since INEC declared gov. Abdullahi Sule on 18th March 2023 as the duly elected governor of Nasarawa State were arrested in connection with the unrest that engulfed the state shortly after the supreme court verdict.

These women were arraigned in court by police prosecutor Danjuman Allu at about 4pm and they were later remanded at the correctional facility till the determination of the case on Monday.

The suspected protesters were charged before the Chief Magistrate Court three, Lafia by the state Commissioner of police.

The Nasarawa State commissioner of police, Umaru Nadada ordered that the protesters be charged to court for public disturbance.

When the matter was mentioned for hearing by the prosecuting counsel, Danjuma Allu, the Chief Magistrate, Mohammed Abdullahi Lanze reserved his ruling till Monday 22 January, 2024.

However, the defendants counsel, Iliya Ashokpa pleaded the court to grant his clients bail but was not granted.

The Thirty-eight suspected protesters including a man who was allegedly arrested when he went to picked his vehicle from the mechanic were later taken to the Nigeria Correctional custodial center in Lafia while awaiting trials.

Among the remanded protesters were about five men and thirty-three women.

The Supreme Court had on Friday in its judgment affirmed governor Abdullahi Sule as the lawful winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Nasarawa State which led to protest by some aggrieved women and men in the state.