“Videos showed the boys, gaunt and haggard, hastily grabbing crackers handed to them, collapsing or just staring around blankly. Their appearance shocked people around the country.”
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has since ordered their immediate release and the opening of an investigation into their arrest and ordeal in detention, but outrage remains.”
“Lawyers, civil society activists and rights organizations say that the boys' ordeal epitomizes a pattern of arbitrary detention and human rights violations.”
“Abba Hikima, a lawyer representing the minors, stated that the government wanted to make an example of children to deter protests against Mr. Tinubu's policies.”
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