The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), in Kuje Correctional Centre.
Justice Mohammed Umar, in a short ruling, ordered Sowore to be kept in the correctional centre pending the hearing and determination of his motion for stay of the order for revocation of his bail and bench warrant.
Justice Umar also denied Sowore’s earlier plea seeking the judge’s recusal from the case on the ground of alleged bias.
The judge then deferred the proceedings until June 24 for the hearing of the application for stay.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petition for stay was submitted by the defendant’s new lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN.
NAN had reported that Sowore, also the publisher of Sahara Reporters, came to the court in the company of members of his group carrying banners.
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Justice Umar had, on June 16, revoked a bail granted to Sowore following his failure to appear in court for his trial.
Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling on an oral application made by the lawyer to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinkolu Kehinde, SAN, also issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
The DSS is prosecuting Sowore for allegedly making false claims against the person of President Bola Tinubu by referring to him as “a criminal” in a post he made on his “X” and Facebook accounts.
In September 2025, details on how former Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo clashed with the Department of State Services (DSS) over its refusal to release Omoyele Sowore despite a subsisting court order was released online.
The details are tucked inside a new book by veteran journalist and rights activist, Richard Akinnola, titled I Write What I Like, which documents political flashpoints between 2017 and 2025.
According to Akinnola, Osinbajo was deeply unsettled by the DSS’ open defiance of a subsisting court order directing Sowore’s release in 2019.
