Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada 
Federal High Court in Abuja has agreed to the request by the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare for the variation of the conditions attached to the bail earlier granted them. The court had on October 4 this year granted them bail on certain conditions, which they considered stringent and which they could not meet, prompting them to apply to the court for variation.
Bakare was also granted N50million bail with one surety. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, waived his earlier order that Sowore deposit N50million as security and reduced the amount attached to Bakare’s bail from N50million to N20million. Ojukwu said all earlier bail conditions by the court remained, and emphasised the restraining order on the defendants from participating in rallies due to the nature of the case. The matter was adjourned until Nov.6 for commencement of trial.
The court ordered that Sowore’s sureties must reside in Abuja, with landed property in Abuja worth the bail sum. They are to deposit the original title documents of the property with the court. She also barred Sowore from traveling out of Abuja and the second defendant out of Osogbo, during the pendency of the case. Sowore was charged to court by the Federal Government on a seven-count bordering on treasonable felony, money laundering, among others.
(NAN)
