Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja in Abuja has ordered that the activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, be returned to Kuje prison pending the Court’s decision on his plea for bail.
The Judge on Wednesday, fixed June 30 for ruling on Sowore’s motion seeking the restoration of his bail and the setting aside of a bench warrant issued against him.
Justice Umar adjourned the matter after parties adopted their processes in the application.
It will be recalled that the court had on June 16, revoked Sowore’s bail, and issued a bench warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear in court for his trial regarding alleged cybercrime and criminal defamation.
The Department of State Services is prosecuting Sowore for alleged criminal defamation over claims that he referred to President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal” in posts made on his official X and Facebook accounts.
Sowore has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The court had on Monday, ordered the remand of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress at the Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his application seeking a stay of execution of an earlier order revoking his bail.
At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, Sowore’s counsel, R.O. Adakole, alongside C.S. Etonyeaku, holding the brief of Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), informed the court that the defendant had filed a motion on notice dated June 17 and filed on June 19, 2026.
The application, brought pursuant to Sections 35(4), 36(1) and 6(6)(a) and (b) of the 1999 Constitution of
