A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to publisher and activist Omoyele Sowore, Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, and 11 others, following their arrest over the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest.
The court set bail at ₦500,000 for each defendant, with two sureties in like sum.
The 13 defendants were charged with inciting public disturbance and breach of peace linked to the protest held in Abuja on October 20.
While Ejimakor, Kanu’s brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and ten others were arrested during the demonstration and subsequently remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Sowore was picked up on October 23 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, where he had gone to show solidarity during Kanu’s terrorism trial.
They all appeared before the court on Friday amid tight security before being granted bail.
Further details are expected as proceedings continue.
