Sowore arraigned before Fed High Court Abuja

He was brought to court by the SSS from its detention facility.

The DSS on August 3, 2019 arrested Sowore for calling for a revolution through a protest scheduled to hold on August 5.

This is the first time Sowore will appear in court and any public place since he was arrested.

Mr Sowore was brought to the court at 9:15 a.m. on Monday just before the judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, entered the court room.

He was arrested on August 3 for planning the #RevolutionNow protest but was arraigned on September 20 by the government.

He has been in the custody of the State Security Service, despite meeting the terms of a bail condition granted him on September 24.

On Monday, his entrance about the same time as the judge’s resulted in a minor commotion forcing the judge to return to the chambers as photo journalists struggled to get pictures of Mr Sowore.

Security officials at the court asked journalists to leave the court room for the trial, a directive resisted by the journalists present.

Many Nigerians and civic groups have condemned the continuous incarceration of Mr Sowore despite last week’s court order.