Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener of Revolution Now movement has disclosed how he found out that he had been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that Justice Tawio Taiwo approved Sowore’s lawyer request for bail with conditions attached.
The conditions are as follows; Sowore should deposit his passport with the court and would be produced by his lawyer, Femi Falana whenever he’s needed.
Addresing newsmen at the facility of the Department of State Services where he’s being held in Abuja, Sowore said;
“On Tuesday morning, I was asked to dress up by men of the DSS in preparation for my arraignment.
I got dressed and was ready to go to court but was left unattended to for several hours by the DSS with no communication as to the change in plans of the arraignment until evening when visitors came around and told me that I had been granted bail.”
Sowore however, expressed skepticism on the will to carry out the court ruling by the Nigerian Government famed for disregarding court orders. While thanking his supporters, he urged them not to relent in the demand for freedom and justice for every citizen arbitrarily detained by the Nigerian Government.
He was arrested in Lagos on August 3, 2019 by operatives of the DSS for calling on Nigerians to pour out to the streets to express their anger at the poor state of governance in the country.
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