Court grants Sowore 100m Naira bail with 2 sureties in like sum.
The Federal High Court in Abuja Nigeria, on Friday, granted bail to the co-ordinator of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore and co-defendant Olawale Bakare alias 'Mandate'.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu also prohibited them from addressing any rally pending the conclusion of their trial on charges of treasonable felony. Sowore is also barred from traveling out of Abuja and the second defendant Bakare out of Osun State, during the trial.Justice Ojukwu granted bail to Sowore in the sum of N100m with two sureties in like sum.
The sureties who must be resident in Abuja must also have landed assets worth the bail sum in Abuja, and they are to keep the original title documents of the assets with the court.
The judge also ordered him to deposit the sum of N50m in the account of the court as security.
She granted bail to the second defendant in the sum of N50m with one surety. Meanwhile, the defendants’ lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has described the bail conditions as stringent.
She granted bail to the second defendant in the sum of N50m with one surety. Meanwhile, the defendants’ lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has described the bail conditions as stringent.
The judge ordered that the defendants be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Service [DDS] pending when they would meet the bail conditions.
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