US EditionNigeria: Court Grants Bail to Sowore, 12 Others Arrested During #Freennamdikanu Protest
Bail granted to Sowore, Kanu’s lawyer, and 13 protesters on charges of unlawful assembly with conditions including N500,000 bail and submission of ID and tax documents.
- On Friday, a Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja granted bail to human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, Aloy Ejimakor, Prince Emmanuel Kanu and 11 others after arraignment on unlawful assembly charges.
- Sowore led the #FreeNnamdiKanuProtest in Abuja, fleeing on Monday as police arrested other protesters, and he was arrested on Thursday shortly after leaving the Federal High Court.
- Court-Ordered conditions included three-year tax clearance certificates and the surrender of passports, with bail conditional on presenting a verified National Identification Number .
- Police officers allegedly assaulted Sowore as they tried to remove him from the court, eyewitnesses said officers punched him and forced him into a van citing a secret remand order to Kuje Prison.
- After the arrests, Omoyele Sowore said on social media that 13 protesters were detained, including Nnamdi Kanu's brother and lawyer, while Kanu Agabi disclosed he would withdraw from the case.
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Nigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper.Police re-arrest Sowore moments after court granted him bail
The Nigerian Police have allegedly assaulted and re-arrested activist Omoyele Sowore outside the Kuje Magistrate Court. Police officers reportedly dragged Sowore into a waiting vehicle despite the bail earlier granted him by the court. According to Politics Nigeria, eyewitnesses at the court stated that the incident took place moments after the magistrate approved bail for Sowore and 13 others. As his legal team worked to finalize his bail condi…
Court Grants Sowore, Kanu’s Lawyer, Others Bail
A Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, alongside several protesters arrested during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in the Federal Capital Territory. Others are Aloy Ejimakor, counsel for the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu; his brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu and 11 others. The court, presided over by Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’I’d issu…
Sowore, 12 other Protestants get Bail, Dec 15 for hearing
By, Sola Hundogan Publisher and activist Omoyele Sowore; Aloy Ejimakor, a member of the legal team representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu; the IPOB leader’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu; and eleven others, have regain their freedom. They were granted bail by a Magistrate Court in Kuje, Abuja, on ...
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