A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, July 6, 2026, ordered that the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, be taken back to the Kuje Correctional Centre by 4:00pm, if he fails to meet the bail conditions granted him last Tuesday.
Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling on Sowore’s application for stay of execution of the order for his bail revocation last week, admitted him to a N200 million bail bond.
In addition, Justicde Umar ordered Sowore to deposit his international passport with the Deputy Registrar of the court, and also produce two sureties, one of which must be a traditional ruler from his community.
Justice Umar also ordered that the other surety must have a landed property in Abuja, and that the sureties must be verified by the prosecution.
At the resumption of the defamation charges slammed on Sowore by the Department of the State Service (DSS) for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a criminal in his X and Facebook handles, counsel to the DSS, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, told the court that the defendant was yet to fulfill the bail conditions.
Accordingly, Kehinde applied to the court to Issue an order remanding Sowore at Kuje Correctional Centre, arguing that while the court graciously granted Sowore several days to perfect his bail conditions, the politician rather chose to use the period to grant television interviews.
The prosecuting counsel further argued that the orders of court are meant to be obeyed, adding that since Sowore had not obeyed the court order by perfecting the bail conditions, the consequence is for his remand until the conditions are fully met.
According to Kehinde, up till Monday, the defendant had not informed him of any challenge in meeting the bail conditions or filing any application for the variation of the bail conditions.
He further said; “The defendant was released to his lawyer to go and bring his passport to be deposited with the court. That has not been communicated to us, and other conditions of the bail have not been met.
“The law is trite, no sentiment. Our application is that the defendant be remanded at the Correctional Center until the bail conditions are met,” he stated.
However, following pleas by Sowore’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, Justice Umar granted until the close of work on Monday for Sowore to meet the conditions, failing which he shall return to the Kuje Correctional Centre.
Olumide-Fusika assured the court that the passport will be deposited in court before the close of work on Monday.
The defence lawyer blamed the passport recovery from the American Embassy in Lagos on the fact of the celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
The judge adjourned the matter to Monday, July 13, 2026.
