Court grants Sowore N10m bail for calling Egbetokun illegal IGP

Court grants Sowore N10m bail for calling Egbetokun illegal IGP

Activist and ex-presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been granted bail in the sum of ₦10 million with one surety in like sum.

The court in granting bail on Thursday said the surety must be a responsible individual with landed property valued in the same amount.

The trial judge, Justice Musa Liman, ruling on the bail application ordered Sowore to deposit his international passport with the registrar of the court.

The judge, however, gave him 24 hours to perfect the bail conditions or be remanded by the police until the bail is perfected.

The convener of #RevolutionNow movement on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to cybercrime charges the police instituted against him in Abuja.

The police charged Sowore on Tuesday with 17 counts of cybercrime offences for referring to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, as “illegal IGP” in a post on his social media platforms.

IGP Egbetokun, who was expected to have exited service having attained the statutory retirement age of 60 years in September 2024, secured an extended stay in office.

This followed a controversial alteration to the Nigeria Police Act passed by the National Assembly and assented to by President Bola Tinubu.