Omoyele Sowore walks with supporters shortly after his release from prison on Monday, October 27,
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, have been released from Kuje Prison after four days in detention.
Announcing his release on Monday via X, Sowore wrote, “Happening Now: Leaving Kuje Prison in Abuja after being detained there illegally for four days. #FreeNnamdiKanuNow.”
He was detained last week following his appearance at the Kuje Magistrate Court.
On Friday, a Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, granted bail to the human rights activist, alongside Ejimakor, Prince Emmanuel Kanu (Nnamdi Kanu’s brother), and ten others arrested during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in the Federal Capital Territory.
The court, presided over by Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id, issued the bail order after the defendants were arraigned on charges of unlawful assembly and disturbance of public peace.
Each was granted N500,000 bail, with two sureties residing in the FCT, valid identification, a three-year tax clearance, and submission of international passports.
However, Sowore’s counsel, Temitope Temokun, who appeared on Channels Television’s Inside Sources, alleged that despite fulfilling all bail conditions within 30 minutes of the ruling, police officers reportedly took Sowore forcefully away from the court premises to Kuje Prison.
Temokun, who said he also appeared in court, described the incident as “unnecessary and premeditated,” alleging that over ten armed policemen assaulted those attempting to film the scene.
The lawyer further claimed the police lacked proper authorisation to transfer Sowore to Kuje Prison, adding that the activist’s detention was “illegal and poorly disguised as a remand process.”
The Police had charged Ejimakor, Emmanuel Kanu, and 10 others with a two-count offence of inciting public disturbance and breach of peace, following a protest held on Monday in the nation’s capital.
According to the charge sheet, the suspects allegedly obstructed traffic flow, denied citizens their right to free movement, and chanted war songs while demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu.
Sowore had accused security operatives of launching an unprovoked attack on peaceful protesters during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanu rally in Abuja. (Channels TV)
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