A magistrate court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has
granted bail to Omoyele Sowore, convener of the Revolution Now Movement, in the
sum of N20 million.
Sowore, Peter Williams, Sanyaolu Juwon, Emmanuel Bulus and
Damilare Adenola were arrested on New Year’s eve during a procession organised
and led by Sowore.
The police had arraigned the five persons last Monday on a
three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, unlawful assembly, and incitement.
Mabel Segun-Bello, the magistrate, had ordered that they be remanded at the Kuje correctional centre.
But last Tuesday, they were transferred to the Force
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) after Sowore
reported that they were denied access to healthcare, food, and water.
Marshal Abubakar, counsel to the defendant, while moving the
application for bail, asked the court to grant bail to his clients “on self
recognisance or in the alternative, grant bail in the most liberal terms”.
The ruling which was scheduled for Friday was stalled owing
to the failure of the police to produce the defendants in court.
More to follow…
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