Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the Kuje Prison after meeting the bail conditions granted by a Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja.
Sowore was released alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor; Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 11 other protesters who were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force over #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, last week.
The protesters were arraigned before Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id on Friday on charges bordering on unlawful assembly and disturbance of public peace.
In his ruling, Magistrate Sai’id granted the defendants bail in the sum of ₦500,000 each, with the condition that they present a verified National Identification Number (NIN).
The court also directed them to submit their three-year tax clearance certificates and passports as part of the bail requirements.
Following the perfection of the bail terms, Sowore and the others were released from Kuje Correctional Centre today.
Sowore’s arrest on Thursday occurred shortly after he left the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he had attended a separate proceeding.
Earlier SaharaReporters reported that an awaiting trial inmate, identified simply as Dung Bulus Pam allegedly died overnight from an undisclosed ailment at the Kuje Correctional Centre.
It was reported that Nnamdi Kanu's Special Counsel, Aloy, was recuperating according to his lawyer, Barrister Maxwell Opara, who visited the ailing lawyer dumped in Kuje prison.
Ejimakor was arrested and allegedly manhandled by the police for participating in #FreeNnamdiKanuNow peaceful protest last Monday in Abuja.
SaharaReporters had reported that Aloy Ejimakor had fallen ill at the Kuje Prison, Abuja, 24 hours after the presiding judge, Abubakar Umar Sai’id, a Senior Magistrate at Kuje allegedly refused to sign the bail bond for his release.
Ejimakor was arrested on Monday with 12 others including Nnamdi Kanu's younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, by the Nigerian police during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest.
The activists were driven by the police to the Kuje Magistrate and remanded by the Senior Magistrate, Abubakar Umar Sai’id. Also on Friday, Sowore was arraigned with Ejimakor and others.
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