#EndBadGovernance protest: Court grants N100m bail to 10
No fewer than ten #EndBadGovernance protesters standing trial for alleged treason and attempting to destabilise the country on Wednesday were granted a conditional bail of N10 million by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The Informant247 reports that the Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on Aug. 30, and were charged with treason, intent to destabilise Nigeria, conspiracy to commit a felony and inciting mutiny, among others, which are punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code.
The defendants are Michael Adaramoye, also known as Lenin; Adeyemi Abayomi, Suleiman Yakubu, Opaluwa Simon, Angel Innocent, Buhari Lawal, Mosiu Sadiq, Bashir Bello, Nuradeen Khakis and Abdusalam Zubairu.
It would be recalled that some youths staged a nationwide protest against economic hardship between Aug. 1 and Aug. 10 in the country, the demonstration which turned violent in some parts of the country, with looting and vandalism recorded in some states.
However, the defendants, when they were arraigned on September 2 before presiding judge Emeka Nwite, pleaded not guilty.
Although the defendants had applied for bail through their different lawyers, Nwite ordered their remand in prison custody pending a ruling on the application on September 11.
However, Nwite, while delivering the ruling, granted them bail while on the applications filed and argued by lawyers to the ten protesters.
Other conditions to be met by the ten defendants, according to the judge, is to produce one surety each in like sum, while the sureties must be resident in Abuja
The sureties must have landed property in Abuja, produce documents of the properties, and submit them to court.
“I have carefully considered the submissions of counsel from both sides. The bail is hereby granted to the defendants in the sum of N10 million each, with one surety in like sum”, Justice Nwite held.
