A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, alongside 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 ten others.
The court admitted all thirteen defendants to bail in the sum of ₦500,000 each, with two sureties in like sum.
The defendants were arraigned on charges of inciting public disturbance and breach of peace over their involvement in the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held on October 20 in Abuja.
While Ejimakor, Emmanuel, and ten others were reportedly arrested during the protest and remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Sowore was arrested three days later—on October 23—at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he had gone to show solidarity during Kanu’s terrorism trial.
They were all subsequently arraigned before the court before being granted bail on Friday.
Details later.