Court grants Sowore N200m bail

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Convener of the Revolution Now Movement and Publisher, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore had been granted bail.
Sowore, was granted bail in the sum of ₦20million by a Magistrate Court Sitting in Wuse, Zone 2, Abuja.

Both 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.

The Magistrate, Mabel Segun-Bello, 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 their 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”.

Meanwhile, the ruling was scheduled for Friday was stalled as a result of the Police failure to produce the defendant in Court.

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