Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge
presiding over the case of Omoyele Sowore,convener of #RevolutionNow Movement,
says she is concerned that the activist has not meet the bail conditions
granted to him.
While ruling on the application
for variation of the bail conditions on Monday, Ojukwu said: “Considering the
pedigree of the first defendant as observed in his application, it is rather
unfortunate that no one is willing to stand as his surety on those terms.
“On the other hand, it creates an
assumption that despite the pedigree of the first defendant, none of his best
associates is willing to stand for him. This poses a cause for concern.”
She explained that bail sum is
not required to be deposited but when a court makes an order for security, the
secure money is later returned to the owner (surety).
The activist has been in custody
of the Department of State Services (DSS) since August 3 when he was arrested
in Lagos.
Femi Falana, Sowore’s counsel,
had approached the court seeking a variation to the previous bail conditions
which he said could not be met.
Ojukwu reviewed Sowore’s bail
conditions and set aside the previous order which directed one of Sowore’s
surety to deposit N50m.
She also reduced the bail sum of
Olawale Bakare, the second defendant, to N30m instead of the initial N50m.
However, she refused to vary all
the other conditions for bail.
Among the other conditions of the
for bail are two sureties who must be resident in Abuja and have landed
properties within the federal capital territory (FCT).
The court had held that the
sureties must deposit original documents of those properties in the court
registry.
The judge barred him from
travelling outside Abuja and also stopped him from addressing any rally.
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