Sowore faults ‘impossible’ bail conditions for David Nwokorie — level 16 civil servant, serving colonel as sureties
By Ishaya Ibrahim
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has faulted the bail conditions imposed on David Nwokorie, who was charged with cyberstalking, blackmail, and threats to life following his breakup with Genevieve Opara, daughter of retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Hilary Opara.
According to Sowore, the bail conditions required Nwokorie to provide a Level 16 civil servant and a serving colonel in the Nigerian Army as sureties.
Sowore made the disclosure in reaction to a comment by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who said half of the inmates in prison were not supposed to be there. Sowore added that Tunji-Ojo was not blameless either, noting that one of his critics, Emorioloye Owolemi, was languishing in jail over an allegation of cyberstalking.
Sowore said: “When I was in Kuje Prison, I met Haruna Garba Gololo, who was sent there by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. He had been granted bail for nearly three weeks but was still unable to meet the bail conditions. He’s spent several weeks in prison before being granted bail.
“I also met David Nwokorie, who was arrested and detained by the Nigeria Police Force following a messy breakup with Genevieve Opara, the daughter of retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Hilary Opara. Last week, when Justice Rita Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court granted David bail after he had spent close to four months in prison, he was required to present a Level 16 officer and a colonel in the Nigerian Army as sureties. These are almost impossible bail conditions.
“Even the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who is complaining of wrongful imprisonment of 93% of current inmates, dragged a critic, Emorioloye Owolemi, before the Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, over alleged cyberstalking, and the man languished in prison for months.
“I was sent to prison by Tinubu.
“There are 817 awaiting-trial inmates in Kuje out of a total prison population of 1,115, with 47 of them diagnosed with tuberculosis.”
