The minors who were arrested during August's #EndBadGovernance have shared their harrowing experience after being released from custody by the Nigeria Police Force.

The 32 minors who were picked from different parts of the country were arraigned by the Inspector-General of Police on 10 counts, including treason, intent to destabilize Nigeria, and inciting mutiny by calling on the military to take over the government from President Tinubu, among others.

Their release has been met with applause from several stakeholders.

However, speaking from the Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital, where they are being treated by a team of medical personnel, they revealed their ordeal in the hands of the authorities.

Some of them, who spoke to The Punch, said they were denied food by government officials for several days.

"We saw hell; we suffered a lot," one of the minors, Umar Ali, 15, said. "We sometimes stayed for three days without food. And even when we were given food, it was never enough."

Ali denied involvement in the protest, saying he was arrested on his way to the market at Kwana Hudu in Ungoggo Local Government Area of the state, where he usually does menial jobs to sustain himself.

He added that they were kept in the dark while in custody, which affected some of them during trial.

"We hardly saw sunlight in the place where we were kept, hence some of us could not see very well when we were brought to court," he said.

Another minor, Ibrahim Aliyu Musa, who was transferred from Kano to Abuja a day after his arrest, said he and others were kept in the same place as hardened criminals.

"I was among those kept in the same place as hardened criminals, and we sometimes spent days without food.

"The food was inadequate and tasteless. They served us beans in the morning, rice at lunchtime, and Gabza for dinner. Gabza is normally prepared for inmates due to their large number. So, we had to eat Gabza to keep body and soul moving," Musa added.