The Lagos State Police Command through the Command Spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin, has cleared the air on the six #endsars protesters that were freed yesterday by an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court. Hundeyin, who responded to the post via his X handle, wrote, “They were not arrested or prosecuted for protesting. They were prosecuted for breaking and stealing, which they committed under the guise of #endsars protests”.
Although they were convicted, the court, in its wisdom, granted them pardon.
It would be recalled that on Thursday, August 22, 2024, an Ikeja chief magistrate’s court discharged and acquitted six persons arrested during the 2020 #EndSARS protest.
Those freed are Azeez Isiaka, 34, Sodiq Usseni, 33, Daniel Joyinbo, 31, Adigun Sodiq, 28, Kehinde Shola, 32, and Salaudeen Kamilu, 29.
The defendants had in a plea bargain agreement, pleaded guilty to a count charge of breach of the public peace preferred against them by the Lagos State Government.
After listening to the plea bargain agreement, the magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi, found the defendants guilty and convicted them of the offense.
She, however, cautioned and freed them, adding that they had spent almost four years in custody.
