The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday slammed N10 million bail each on 10 members of the #endbadgovernance protesters who were charged with attempting to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu between July 1 and August 4 this year.
Justice Emeka Nwite admitted them to bail while delivering a
ruling on their bail applications.
Among others, the protesters are to produce one surety each
in the same amount while the sureties must be residents in Abuja.
Besides, the sureties must be property owners in Abuja and
must deposit documents of the properties to the court in addition to swearing
an affidavit of means.
Also, both the defendants and the sureties must deposit
their international passports and three recent passport photographs with the
court.
Justice Nwite, while rejecting the objections of the
Inspector General of Police against the bail request, ordered the defendants
not to participate in any public rally throughout their trial.
Pending the perfection of their respective bail conditions,
the Judge ordered that they be remanded in prison custody.
Meanwhile, September 27 has been fixed for the commencement
of their trial.
The accused persons were said to have committed the
treasonable offence during their one-week nationwide protests when they
allegedly levied war against Nigeria.
The offences were said to be contrary to sections 96, 410
and 413 of the Penal Code.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, who brought the
charges against them alleged that the accused persons broke into the Abacha
Army Barracks and openly called on the military to take over the constitutional
government of President Tinubu.
He also alleged that they attempted to force their way into
the seat of power during which they allegedly burned down a police station and
injured police officers.
They were also said to have incited the Nigerian public
against the government and destroyed several public properties including a
Police station, High Court complex and National Communication Commission, NCC
facilities.
The accused persons are Michael Tobiloba Adaramoye, Adeyemi
Abiodun Abayomi, Suleiman Yakubu, Opaluwa Eleojo Simon, Angel Love Innocent,
Buhari Lawal, Mosiu Sadiq, Bashir Bello Nurudeen Khamis and Abduldalam Zubair.
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