A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to publisher and activist Omoyele Sowore, Aloy Ejimakor, a member of the legal team representing IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and ten others. Each was released on bail of ₦500,000 with two sureties in the same amount.
The thirteen defendants were arrested and arraigned for inciting public disturbance and breach of peace following the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held on Monday, October 20, in Abuja.
Ejimakor, Emmanuel Kanu, and the other ten defendants were taken into custody during the protest and remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility. Sowore was arrested separately on October 23 at the Federal High Court while attending Kanu’s terrorism trial to show solidarity.
The court’s decision allows the defendants to remain free pending further legal proceedings.
Details are awaited on the next hearing.