The Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, and activist, Omoyele Sowore, is at risk f being remanded in Kuje prison in Abuja following his inability to perfect the bail conditions granted him by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
At the resumption of the defamation charges slammed on him by the Department of State Service, DSS, for allegedly calling President Tinubu a criminal on his X and Facebook handles, the DSS lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, informed the court that the defendant was yet to fulfil the bail conditions.
The senior lawyer consequently applied to the court to issue an order remanding Sowore at Kuje Correctional Center.
Kehinde SAN argued that the orders of court are meant to be obeyed adding that since Sowore had not obeyed the court order by perfecting the bail conditions, the consequence is for his remand until the conditions are fully met.
Although Justice Umar released Sowore to his lawyer, pending bail perfection, the DSS lawyer argued that up till Monday, the defendant had not communicated to him of having any challenge in meeting the bail conditions or filing any application for bail conditions variations.
’The defendant was released to a lawyer to go and bring his passport to be deposited with the court. That has not been communicated to us, and other conditions of the bail have not been met. The law is trite, no sentiment.’
’Our application is that the defendant be remanded
