BY NONYELUM JULIET
Kaduna
The President General of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima has condemned the arrest, detention of children below the age of 18 for over 90 days, and subsequent arrangements in court for trial over alleged treason because they participated in the #Endbadgovernance protest.
The President General in a statement on Monday described the actions of the government as not acceptable in the face of justice to the rights of children.
According to him, the children who appeared malnourished and frailed gave credence to their protest against hunger, and they should not be used as scapegoats by the government.
He urged the Federal Government to arrest hunger and hardship in the land, not children legitimately asking for and end to hunger and suffering.
The President General said it is an embarrassment to the international community, seeing Nigeria clamping down on her own children, who should rather be in school and build a future for our country.
“Such treatment of harmless, impoverished, malnourished or undernourished minors from northern Nigerian origin is not acceptable and the government should stop any further trial of.these minors” he stressed.
