The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested 38 protesters in Lafia, the state capital, for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment, which upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the state.
The suspects were immediately charged to court and remanded at the Custodial Centre in the state capital.
They were charged before the Chief Magistrates’ Court 3, Lafia for the offence.
When the matter was mentioned for hearing by the prosecuting counsel, Danjuma Allu, the Chief Magistrate, Mohammed Abdullahi Lanze, reserved ruling on their bail application to Monday.
Earlier, Illiya Ashokpa, Defence Counsel, applied that the court should grant them bail, but his application was turned down.
The protesters comprised five males and 33 females.
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The spokesman of the Command, Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest and prosecution of the suspects.
The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the Supreme Court had on Friday affirmed the victory of Sule of the All Progressives Congress as the governor of the state.
