A federal high court in Abuja has
remanded Omoyele Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, in custody of the
Department of State Services (DSS).
The activist has been in
detention since August 3 when he was arrested in Lagos.
A court had earlier granted him
bail but the secret police refused to release him.
On Monday, he was arraigned on a
7-count charge of felony brought against him and Olawale Bakare, his
co-defendant, by the federal government.
The duo pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
Olumide Fusika, a senior advocate
of Nigeria (SAN), Sowore’s counsel, had asked the court to allow his client
enjoy the bail earlier granted to him.
But Ijeoma Ojukwu, the presiding
judge, refused, ordering that Sowore and Bakare should return to DSS custody
pending Friday when she would hear their application for bail.
More to follow…
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