The publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been granted N20m bail by a magistrate court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja.
Juwon Sanyaolu, Peter Williams, Emmanuel Bulus, and Damilare Adenola were equally granted N1m bail each.
Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello while ruling on the bail application on Monday, January 11, 2021, admitted Sowore to bail in the sum of N20million and two sureties in like sum.
The court further ordered that one of his sureties must be a civil servant not below grade level 12.
The court also ordered Sowore to remain in Abuja and must physically report to the court registrar every Monday and Friday pending the hearing and determination of the case against him.
Sowore and four others are standing trial for alleged unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy, and inciting public disturbance.
They were arrested by the police on New Year’s Eve during a protest against bad governance.
Sowore had earlier before the protest charged Nigerians on Twitter to hold a crossover protest by picking up a candle and a placard showing their grievances against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
This is not the first time Sowore will be arrested. He was detained for over 100 days in 2019 for calling for a #RevolutionNowProtest.
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