Sowore: Court Grants N100m Bail, Requests N50m Security Deposit
Mr Sowore has been granted N100 million bail on Friday by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Joy Kalu 
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, and co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.
Sowore was barred by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu from addressing any rally pending the conclusion of their trial on charges of treasonable felony among others.
She also barred Sowore from travelling out of Abuja and the second defendant out of Osogbo, during the trial.
She granted bail to Sowore in the sum of N100m with two sureties in like sum.
The sureties, who must be resident in Abuja must also have landed assets worth the bail sum in Abuja, and they are to deposit the original title documents of the assets with the court.
The judge also ordered him to deposit the sum of N50m in the account of the court as security.
She granted bail to the second defendant in the sum of N50m with one surety.
The defendants’ lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has described the bail conditions as stringent.
The judge ordered that the defendants be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services pending when they would meet the bail conditions.
However, Former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed concern over the new bail conditions granted the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore.
In a tweet on Friday, Mrs Ezekwesili said she hoped the Department of State Services (DSS) would honour the bail if the conditions are met.
She also accused the presidency of repression.
“Hopefully the DSS under the supervision of the Presidency will honour this Bail and release them,” she said.
“What kind of bail of N150m is this? Is the idea to place a steep condition that @YeleSowore cannot meet? What a shame @NGRPresident. What a BIG shame to repress your citizen.”
