Nigeria, May 28 -- A high court in Sokoto yesterday cleared Dr Abubakar Alkali, of all charges over his participation in the endbadgovernance protests held across the country on 1st August 2024.

Dr Alkali, a senior lecturer in the department of petroleum and gas engineering, Baze university, Abuja was arraigned in August last year and subsequently sent to prison in Sokoto over his support and participation in the endbadgovernance protests held in Sokoto and across Nigeria after his arrest by the department of state security (DSS) in Abuja for which he was kept in custody before his arraignment at the court in Sokoto.

The high court in Sokoto in its judgement delivered by justice Mu'awiyya Dahiru Mahmud discharged and acquitted Dr Alkali...