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Federal High Court orders Sowore remanded in Kuje custody
The Federal High Court in Abuja revoked Omoyele Sowore’s bail and ordered his detention pending continuation of his trial.
Omoyele Sowore has been remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre by the Federal High Court in Abuja pending the continuation of his cybercrime trial on Wednesday.
The activist and former African Action Congress presidential candidate is facing a two-count charge brought by the Department of State Services over a social media post in which he allegedly referred to President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal”.
Sowore’s detention came after the court revoked the bail previously granted to him.
Justice Mohammed Umar had on June 16 revoked the defendant’s bail and issued a warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear in court for the continuation of proceedings.
The defendant was scheduled to open his defence before the court on the day he was absent.
Sowore had earlier elected to defend himself in the matter following the withdrawal of his lawyers from the case.
On Monday, Justice Umar also rejected a motion seeking to disqualify him from handling the trial over claims of alleged bias.
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