Breaking: Court Grants Bail to Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer and 10 Others After Detention


 

A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore; Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor; the IPOB leader’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu; and ten others, News360 Nigeria reports.

The 13 defendants were each granted bail in the sum of ₦500,000, with two sureties in like amount.

TITOPE BLOG Nigeria reports that they were arrested and arraigned for allegedly inciting public disturbance and breaching the peace during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held in Abuja on Monday, October 20.

While Ejimakor, Emmanuel and the other ten defendants were arrested during the protest and later remanded at the Kuje Correctional facility, Sowore was apprehended on October 23 at the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja after attending Kanu’s terrorism trial to show solidarity.

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