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 has 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.
Sowore had earlier before the protest charged Nigerians on Twitter to
hold a crossover protest by picking up a candle and a placard showing
their grievances against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
This is not the first time Sowore will be arrested. He was detained for
over 100 days in 2019 for calling for a #RevolutionNowProtest.