Sodiq Oyeleke
A human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters , Omoyele Sowore , wore handcuffs when he arrived at the Chief Magistrates ’ Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2 , Abuja on Tuesday .
Sodiq Oyeleke
A human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters , Omoyele Sowore , wore handcuffs when he arrived at the Chief Magistrates ’ Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2 , Abuja on Tuesday .
Reports had it that the court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun -Bello , would hear the bail application by Sowore and four other activists .
Sowore , who appeared alongside the other detained activists , also held a book when he arrived at the court.
The PUNCH had reported that Sowore , Juwon Sanyaolu , Peter Williams, Emmanuel Bulus , and Damilare Adenola , were on Monday ordered to be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre by a Magistrates ’ Court in Wuse Zone 2 , Abuja pending the consideration of their bail applications on Tuesday ( today) .
They were arrested for holding a protest against bad governance on New Year ’s Eve in Abuja and subsequently taken to a police unit infamously known as ‘Abattoir ’ in the Lokogoma area of the FCT .
They are arraigned on three charges of criminal conspiracy , unlawful assembly , and attempting to incite others .
But the activists have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Meanwhile, the Socio -Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent a complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the detention of Sowore, and four other activists for protesting on New Year Eve .
The organisation demanded the release of the detained activists and a probe into their arrest and detention .
SERAP said, “ The detention of Omoyele Sowore and four other activists constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of their liberty because it does not have any legal justification . The detention also does not meet minimum international standards of due process. ”
https://punchng.com/sowore-arrives-court-in-handcuffs/

How can you be a politician and activist at the same time... He's just fooling himself