The Federal Government on Monday, urged the Federal High Court in Abuja, to remand the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, for allegedly failing to perfect the conditions attached to his fresh N200m bail.
The application came as Sowore formally opened his defence in the criminal defamation case instituted against him over social media posts in which he allegedly described President Bola Tinubu as “a criminal.”
Justice Mohammed Umar had on June 30 admitted Sowore to fresh bail in the sum of N200m with two sureties after revoking his earlier bail over his failure to attend trial.
The court ordered him to produce a traditional ruler from his community as one surety, another surety with landed property in the Federal Capital Territory, and to deposit his international passport with the court.
Pending the fulfilment of the conditions, the judge released him to his lawyer.
