Court Lift Movement Restriction On Sowore
A Court of Appeal in Abuja has, on Wednesday, lifted the movement restriction on human rights activist and convener of Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore.
Omoyele was, in 2019, restricted to Abuja by a federal high court following charges of treasonable felony, cyberstalking the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), among other offenses.
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The Appeal Court ruled that he could now leave Abuja but not travel out of Nigeria. The court said that the restriction of the 2023 presidential aspirant to Abuja was “excessive”, and therefore, lifted it. Sowore was arrested in a Lagos hotel by operatives of the Department of State Service on August 3, 2019, for planning to organize a protest, tagged “#RevolutionNow”.
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He was subsequently restricted to Abuja as part of the bail conditions granted to him by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu. By the new verdict, Sowore could now move around Nigeria. The political activist is known for his outspokenness when it comes to the political issues of the country.
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