A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday reviewed the bail conditions which were imposed on the convener of RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.

Delivering her ruling on the application for variation by the duo, the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu waived the earlier requirement that Sowore should deposit N50 million as security and reduced the amount attached to Bakare’s bail.

Justice Ojukwu however refused to vary all other bail conditions, holding that her decision to restrain the defendants from participating in rallies was in order in view of the nature of the case. She therefore adjourned till November 6 and 7 for the commencement of trial.

Recall that the court had on October 4, 2019 granted them bail on certain conditions which they considered stringent and which they could not meet, prompting them to apply to the court for variation.

Justice Ojukwu had granted Sowore bail in the sum of N100 million and two sureties in the same amount and ordered one of Sowore’s sureties to deposit N50 million in the account of the court as security.

On the other hand,  she granted Bakare bail in the sum of N50 million with a surety in like sum and barred him from travelling out of his base in Osogbo except while coming for the trial in Abuja.

The judge said the sureties, who must be resident in Abuja must also have landed assets worth the bail sum in Abuja and should deposit the original title documents of the assets with the court.

She had further ordered that the defendants be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) pending when they were able to meet the bail conditions.