Omoyele Sowore has rejected the Nigerian police bail conditions and opted to remain in custody.
The activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) appeared at the Force Criminal Intelligence Department (FCID) in Abuja at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, after he was summoned for questioning over a viral video in which he accused police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos of extortion.
Sowore was summoned to address multiple allegations, including resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, cyberstalking and actions allegedly intended to prevent arrests (read here).
Subsequently, Sowore disclosed via his X handle that he had been granted administrative bail, which he vowed to reject if the conditions are “unreasonable.”
“The DIG of FID, Dasuki Galandachi, at the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja had just informed me that he has instructed his personnel to grant me bail, pending the conclusion of the investigation.
“…If such unreasonable conditions are imposed, I will choose to remain in detention until I am charged to court, even then I know that there is no crime defined or to be investigated it is just the impunity that has become the hallmark of the PoliceNG hierarchy,” he wrote.
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In a follow-up tweet, Sowore announced thay he had rejected the bail conditions and opted to remain in custody until he is arraigned.
He wrote: “The Nigeria Police Force has requested that I deposit my International Passport and provide a level 17 civil servant as a guarantor for bail, but I have declined these conditions and opted to remain in police custody #RevolutionNow.”
Below is the video that led to Sowore being summoned.
Operation Resist @PoliceNG extortion on Nigerian highways! #RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/pRk05wby1Y
— Omoyele Sowore (@sowore) January 9, 2025