Court grants Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, 11 others bail
By Jeffrey Agbo
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to pro-democracy campaigner and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore; Aloy Ejimakor, a counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu; Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu; and 10 other defendants.
The court, in its ruling on Friday, approved bail in the sum of ₦500,000 each, with two sureties in the same amount.
The 13 defendants were charged with inciting public disturbance and breaching the peace following the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest staged in Abuja on Monday, October 20.
While Ejimakor, Emmanuel, and the 10 others were taken into custody during the demonstration and subsequently remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Sowore was detained on October 23 within the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he had gone to express solidarity during Kanu’s terrorism trial.
