The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday revoked the bail it granted Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, over his absence from cyberbullying trial.
Trial judge, Mohammed Umar, in a ruling on an oral application made by the prosecutor, Akinkolu Kehinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), also issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the SSS is prosecuting Mr Sowore for allegedly making false claims against the person of President Bola Tinubu by referring to him as “a criminal” in posts he made on his “X” and Facebook accounts.
Mr Umar had, on 5 June, fixed Tuesday for ruling on application by Mr Sowore, through his lawyer, Marshal Abubakar, seeking the judge’s recusal from the case.
However, when the case was called, neither Mr Sowore nor his lawyer was in court.
