A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, presided over by Magistrate Abubakar Umar, has granted bail to prominent Nigerian activist Omoyele Sowore; Aloy Ejimakor, an attorney representing Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB); and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the sibling of Nnamdi Kanu, along with ten other protesters.
The bail for Omoyele Sowore, along with the other defendant, was set at ₦500,000, with the stipulation that each defendant provide two sureties in an equivalent amount.
It is noteworthy that all thirteen defendants were arrested and subsequently arraigned before the court on charges of inciting public disturbances and breaching the peace, which were linked to the "Free Nnamdi Kanu Now" hashtag as #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest conducted on Monday, October 20, in Abuja, a protest that was exclusively coordinated by Omoyele Sowore.
Ejimakor, Emmanuel, and the other ten defendants were detained during the protest and later transferred to the Kuje Correctional Facility. Conversely, Sowore was apprehended on October 23 at the Federal High Court premises in Abuja following his attendance at Kanu's terrorism trial, where he sought to express his solidarity.
In accordance with the ruling, the court permitted Sowore and the other defendants to be granted bail, conditional upon the presentation of a verified National Identification Number (NIN). Additionally, the magistrate mandated that the defendants submit their three-year tax clearance certificates and surrender their passports as part of the bail requirements.