The prosecutor is seeking more time to go over the case as he had just taken over the case on the advice of the director of public prosecution A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has fixed March 2 for the trial of Omoyele Sowore and four others standing trial for alleged criminal conspiracy, unlawful assembly … Read more
A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has granted the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, bail in the sum of ₦20million. The four other defendants with whom Sowore were charged were also admitted to bail in the sum of ₦1million and one surety in like sum. Eko Hot Blog recalls that the defendants were arrested … Read more
Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Saturday, condemned the arrest and subsequent arraignment of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and four others. In a series of tweets on Saturday, it also called for the immediate release of the activists and demanded that the charges against them be quashed. Read also: Police Fail … Read more
The Nigerian Police Force, on Friday, failed to produce the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore and four others who were arrested in connection with the #CrossoverWithProtest procession for their bail application ruling. Eko Hot Blog had reported that a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja had fixed January 8 for the … Read more
A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned till January 8 the ruling on the bail application filed on behalf of Omoyele Sowore and four others. Eko Hot Blog had reported that Sowore and four others were arrested in connection with a #CrossoverWithProtest procession held on New Year’s eve at Gudu junction in Abuja. … Read more
The Federal Government has taken Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore and four others before a Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. Sowore alongside others were arrested by the police for leading a protest against bad governance, tagged #CrossoverWithProtest on New Year’s Eve at Gudu Junction in the nations capital. The federal government has charged … Read more
The Nigerian Police Force has again arrested the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore after he led a #CrossoverWithProtest procession in Abuja, the nation’s capital on New Year’s eve. Sowore in the company of other protesters were reportedly at Gudu junction in Abuja when police vans numbering up to seven closed in on them and … Read more