Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has regained his freedom from Kuje Prison after fulfilling the bail requirements set by a Magistrate Court in Kuje, Abuja.
Sowore, together with Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 11 other protesters, were apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force over the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest that took place last week in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The group was arraigned before Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id on Friday on allegations of unlawful assembly and disturbing public peace.
In his judgment, Magistrate Sai’id granted each defendant bail in the sum of ₦500,000, with the stipulation that they must provide a verified National Identification Number (NIN).
Additionally, the court ordered them to present their three-year tax clearance certificates and passports as part of the bail conditions.
After the bail terms were perfected, Sowore and the others were released from Kuje Prison on Monday (today).
Sowore’s arrest on Thursday happened shortly after he exited the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he had been in attendance for a separate case.
Earlier, Wizopa reported that an awaiting-trial inmate identified simply as Dung Bulus Pam died overnight at the Kuje Correctional Center from an undisclosed illness.
While the cause of his death remains uncertain, prison insiders informed Wizopa that the same police prosecutor, Musa Adama, who had arraigned the 13 #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protesters along with Sowore, was responsible for remanding the deceased inmate.
“Adama is notorious for framing poor Nigerians and sending them to prison to await trial. Several of them never get their cases resolved for years. One of them died today,” the source had lamented.
Wizopa had also reported that Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy, was recovering, according to his lawyer, Barrister Maxwell Opara, who visited him at Kuje Prison.
Ejimakor was reportedly arrested and assaulted by the police for taking part in the peaceful #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest last Monday in Abuja.
Wizopa earlier noted that Aloy Ejimakor fell ill at Kuje Prison, Abuja, 24 hours after the presiding judge, Abubakar Umar Sai’id, a Senior Magistrate in Kuje, refused to sign his bail bond.
Wizopa had gathered that Ejimakor was unable to meet with his counsel, Barrister Maxwell Opara, during the routine prison visit.
Ejimakor was arrested on Monday alongside 12 others, including Nnamdi Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest organized by the Nigerian police.
The group was allegedly teargassed, beaten, and then taken to the CID unit of the State Police Command before being detained overnight at the notorious SARS cell known as Abattoir.
The following day, they were transported by police to the Kuje Magistrate Court without legal representation and summarily remanded by Senior Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id, who reportedly had an arrangement with the police to keep them in custody.
On Friday, human rights activist and two-time presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was arraigned alongside Ejimakor and the others.
The same Magistrate granted them bail but then vanished without signing their bail bond.
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