JUST IN: SOWORE, BAKARE GRANTED N150M BAIL
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| Sowore (left) in court earlier in the week. |
A Federal High Court in
Abuja has granted bail to the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele
Sowore, and his co-defendant, Mr Olawale Bakare.
The trial judge, Justice
Ijeoma Ojukwu, gave the order on Friday while ruling on the bail application
filed by the two defendants.
Channelstv reports that Sowore
and Bakare were arraigned by the Federal Government on Monday before the judge
on seven counts bordering on alleged conspiracy to commit treason and money
laundering among other charges.
After listening to
arguments from the prosecutor and the defendants’ counsel, Justice Ojukwu
adjourned proceedings to rule on the bail application by Sowore and Bakare.
At the resumed sitting on
Friday, counsel to the duo, Mr. Femi Falana, urged the court to grant bail to
his clients but the prosecutor, Mr Hassan Liman, objected to the request.
Upon listening to the
submissions of the two layers, the trial judge granted bail to the two defendants
in a total sum of N150 million.
“Since the charge before
the court does not carry any death penalty, I am inclined to grant bail,” she
held.
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