Sowore’s bail application moved by judge

The federal high court in Abuja will hear the bail application of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow protest at 1pm on Friday.

Ijeoma Okukwu, the presiding judge, shifted the hearing till afternoon after an initial request to stand down the bail application hearing.

When the matter was called on Friday morning, Femi Falana, counsel to Sowore, asked the court for a stand-down to enable him to write a response to the counter affidavit served by the prosecutors.

At the last hearing on Monday, Ijeoma Ojukwu the presiding judge fixed Friday to hear the bail application of Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.

Sowore is accused of treasonable felony, insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and money laundering.

Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 elections, was arrested in Lagos on August 3 ahead of a planned nationwide #RevolutionNow protest.

The protest, the government said, was aimed at removing the president during his term of office otherwise than by constitutional means.

The court had earlier granted the DSS request to keep Sowore for 45 days but he was later granted bail.

The agency refused to release him despite fulfilling his bail condition.