Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central
Senator, has reacted to an Abuja court ruling, which granted bail to the
co-convener of RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore.
Sani described the bail granted
Sowore as a welcome development.
In a tweet, the former lawmaker
also called on the Department of State Services, DSS, to comply with the court
ruling.
“@YeleSowore bail, a welcome
development; next is compliance,” he tweeted.
Recall that the Justice Ijeoma
Ojukwu-led court had granted Sowore bail in the sum of N100 million, on Friday
and two sureties in like sum.
Ojukwu held that the prosecution
failed to show good reasons the defendants should not be granted bail since the
offences are bailable.
The presiding judge restricted
Sowore from traveling outside Abuja.
Sowore has been in custody of the
Department of State Services (DSS) since August 3 when he was arrested in Lagos
for calling for a revolution protest against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration.
The former Presidential candidate
was arraigned on September 30, alongside Olawale Bakare, his co-defendant, on a
7-count charge of felony brought against him by the federal government.
This is coming few weeks after
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the same court had ordered the release of Sowore after a
detention order he issued against him elapsed.
Displeased with the order, the
secret police had re-arraigned him before Justice Ojukwu.
However, Justice Ojukwu also
granted the second defendant, Bakare bail in the sum of N50 million and
prohibited him from travelling outside Osun State.
The judge also barred both Sowore
and Bakare from addressing the press until the completion of the trial.
Ojukwu ordered that they be
remanded in prison custody until the fulfilment of their bail conditions.
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