A Federal High Court has granted bail to the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, in the sum of ₦10 million with one surety in like sum.
The trial judge, Justice Musa Liman, ruled that the surety must be a responsible individual who owns landed property of equivalent value.
The original property documents, along with a passport photograph, must be submitted to the court registrar.
Additionally, the court directed Sowore to surrender his international passport.
Justice Liman gave him 24 hours to meet the bail conditions or face remand by the police until the requirements are fulfilled.
Sowore was invited by the police on January 27, 2025, for questioning at the Force Criminal Investigation Department.
Although he was granted administrative bail, he rejected the conditions and remained in custody.
Following his continued detention, the police filed a 16-count charge against him under the Cybercrime Act.
One of the charges alleges that on December 20, 2024, Sowore referred to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, as the “illegal IG of the Nigeria Police Force” in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle.
Another count accuses him of sharing a picture of Egbetokun with the caption: “Mediocrity, incompetence, corruption, a country run by characterless people cannot make progress.”
He is also alleged to have written, “IGP Kayode Egbetokun will destroy the Nigeria Police if we don’t act now.”
Sowore pleaded not guilty to all 16 charges.
