May 14, 2026

Court reduces Sowore’s bail conditions

By Saddam Yusuf Saleh

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on October 21, 2019, reduced the bail conditions on the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.

Okay.ng gathered that Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu reduced Sowore’s bail bond to the N50m down from N100m, and Bakare’s bail was reduced from N50m to N20m.

The judge also ordered that sureties to the defendants are no longer required to deposit evidence of the funds with the court registrar.

She then adjourned the trial until November 6 and 7.

Sowore and Bakare are being arraigned for charges of treason.

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