Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, was bailed by a federal court in Kuje, Abuja along with several other protesters who were detained during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow demonstration.
Aloy Ejimakor, Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, his brother, are also on bail.
Joshua Emmanuel, Wilson Anyalewechi, Okere Kingdom Nnamdi, Clinton Chimeneze, Gabriel Joshua, Isiaka Husseini, Onyekachi Ferdinand, Amadi Prince, Edison Ojisom, Godwill Obioma, and Chima Onuchukwu are also on bail.
Following the defendants’ arraignment on charges of unlawful assembly and disturbance of public order, the court, led by Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’I, presided over the bail order on Friday.
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According to the ruling, the court granted bail to Sowore and the other protesters on the condition that they provide a verified National Identification Number (NIN) upon request.
The defendants were also required to submit their passports and three-year tax clearances as part of the bail conditions by the magistrate.
After leaving the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, Nigerian police officers detained Sowore.
Source: Channels TV
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