Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has rejected the bail conditions given to him by the Nigeria Police Force following his invitation for questioning over a viral video he recorded.
Sowore confirmed his decision on his X account on Monday.
The activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) appeared at the Force Criminal Intelligence Department (FCID) in Abuja at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, after he was summoned for questioning over a viral video in which he accused police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos of extortion.
Sowore was summoned to address multiple allegations, including resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, cyberstalking and actions allegedly intended to prevent arrests.
Subsequently, Sowore disclosed via his X handle that he had been granted administrative bail, which he vowed to reject if the conditions are “unreasonable.”
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.
“…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,” he wrote
The activist said, “I have rejected a bail condition asking me to present a level 17 Permanent Secretary, instead I have offered to remain in police custody pending when the joke is over with.”
In another update on his page, Sowore noted that the police later reviewed the bail condition, but he rejected it.
He said: “The PoliceNG team assigned to my case has informed me that the DIG of FID, Dasuki Galandachi, has reevaluated my bail conditions, necessitating the production of a level 16 civil servant and the surrender of my international passport, a condition I have declined outright.
“I refuse to participate in any arrangement that undermines my personal integrity.
