The police in Abuja has granted bail to the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore.
Sowore, an activist was summoned by the police in connection with resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, cyberstalking, and acts allegedly intended to prevent arrests, all of which he rejected.
He however claimed in a statement on X that he is being targeted for his public criticism of Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun’s tenure extension.
He also alleged that the plan of the police “is to detain me and take me to Lagos for a kangaroo trial.”
In a subsequent post, Sowore stated that the Deputy Inspector-General of the FID, Dasuki Galandachi, informed him of the bail offer pending the conclusion of an “investigation.”
He wrote, “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”.
“I have also advised the DIG that in accepting “bail”, I will not agree to conditions that compromise my innocence, dignity, and integrity.
“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.”
