A Magistrate’s Court in Ado-Ekiti has withdrawn the arson charges preferred against the 22 students of Afe Babalola University who were arrested and detained following a violent protest in the school.
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mr Gbenga Daramola said that the parents of the students had written a letter of apology to the management of the institution and management agreed to withdraw the criminal charges against the students following the apology and affidavit of facts admitting their involvement in the incident.
He however said that five of the students had case to answer and urged the court to remand them in police custody.
Chief Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye thereby struck out the charges and discharged the students, except the five ordered for police custody for a “case to answer from the DPP office.”