A Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore and some protesters arrested during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest on Monday.
Others granted bail are Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu; his brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu and 11 others.
Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’I’d issued the bail order on Friday after the defendants were charged with unlawful assembly and disturbance of public peace.
The court granted the defendants bail in the sum of ₦500,000 each, subject to the condition that they present a verified National Identification Number (NIN).
The magistrate also directed the defendants to present their three-year tax clearance certificates and submit their passports to the court as part of the bail conditions.
Thefrontrank reports that Sowore was arrested on Thursday by the Police at the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja after meeting with Nnamdi Kanu.
