A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered that Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the determination of a motion seeking a stay of execution on the revocation of his bail and a bench warrant earlier issued against him.
Presiding judge, Mohammed Umar, gave the order in a brief ruling and subsequently adjourned the matter to June 24 for hearing of the application.
The motion for stay was filed by Sowore’s new counsel, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN.
The court had earlier, on June 16, revoked the bail granted to Sowore after he failed to appear for trial. Following an oral application by counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinkolu Kehinde, SAN, the court also issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Related News Akwa Ibom requires $2bn to fund deep seaport project, says Eno Manufacturers warn plastic rules threaten jobs, economic growth Xpress Payment targets AI, IoT expansion after processing trillions of Naira in transactions
Justice Umar, in the same sitting, dismissed an application by the defendant seeking his recusal over alleged bias.
