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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted N10million bail to each of the detained 10 individuals arrested over the last #EndBadGovernance.
They are: Michael Tobiloba Adaramoye (Lenin), 28yrs; Adeyemi Abiodun Abayomi (Yomi), 34 yrs; Suleiman Yakubu, 28 yrs; Comrade Opaluwa Eleojo Simon, 50 yrs; Buhari Lawal, 21 yrs; Mosiu Sadiq, 28 yrs; Bashir Bello (aka Murtala), 51 yrs; Nurudeen Khamis, 47 yrs; and Abduldalam Zubair, 37 yrs.
Justice Emeka Nwite granted them bail on Wednesday while on the applications filed and argued by lawyers to the 10 protesters, who were charged, by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), with treason, advocate military takeover, among others.
The trial judge held that Nigeria's criminal justice system has its stipulations for the prosecutor and the defendant, and agreed with the argument that anyone charged with a criminal offence must be presumed innocent until proven guilty, granting the bail application of all ten defendants.
He said, "I have thoroughly examined the arguments presented by the counsel on both sides. I hereby grant bail to the defendants despite the nature of the crime.
The bail is hereby granted to the defendants in the sum of N10m each, with one surety in a like amount."
