A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has granted bail to the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore in the sum of N20million. The second to fifth defendants were also admitted to bail in the sum of N1million and one surety in like sum.
Chief
Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello while ruling on the bail application on Monday
admitted Sowore to bail in the sum of N20million and two sureties in like sum.
The court
also ordered Sowore to remain in Abuja and must physically report to the court
registrar every Monday and Friday pending the hearing and determination of the
case against him.
The court
further ordered that one of his sureties must be a civil servant not below
grade level 12.
Sowore and
four others are standing trial for alleged unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy,
and inciting public disturbance.
The trial h
as
been fixed for February 5, 2021.
Sowore and
four others were arrested by the police on New Year’s Eve during a protest
against bad governance.
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