NIGERIA’S President Bola Tinubu ordered the immediate release on Monday of 29 children facing the death penalty after being charged with allegedly participating in protests against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.

Under growing pressure from activists, President Tinubu also directed an investigation of the law enforcement agents involved in the arrest and prosecution of the minors, Nigeria’s Information Minister Mohammed Idris told reporters in the capital, Abuja. 

They were expected to be released today.