Nigerian activist, former presidential candidate, and Sahara Reporters’ publisher, Omoyele Sowore had been granted bail by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja in the sum of N20m.
Four other activists, who were arrested with Sowore on New Year’s Eve in Abuja for holding a protest against bad governance, were also granted bail in the sum of N1m each.
They are; Juwon Sanyaolu, Peter Williams, Emmanuel Bulus, and Damilare Adenola. They are all standing trial for alleged unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy, and inciting public disturbance.
The convener of the #RevolutionNow campaign was arrested in the company of other activists during a protest against the Nigerian government in the early hours of Friday, January 1, 2021.
