The Court of Appeal in Abuja in April 2022 lifted the movement restriction and declared that the restriction of his movement to Abuja was excessive.
Human rights and pro-democracy group, Take-It-Back Movement (TIB) says it will be at the Federal High Court in Abuja in solidarity with Comrade Omoyele Sowore when the Nigerian government will re-arraign him on charges of treasonable felony.
Sowore was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in 2019 and 2023.
A Federal High Court in Abuja in 2019, restricted Sowore’s movement to Abuja as part of the bail conditions granted to him in his trial on charges of treasonable felony.
The Attorney-General of the Federation’s office had filed the charges against him after the State Security Service (SSS), also known as the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested him for calling for a nationwide #RevolutionNow protest against then-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in August 2019.
He and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, who was arrested by the DSS in Osogbo, Osun State, pleaded not guilty to the charges, and were subsequently granted bail on terms and conditions they described as “stringent”.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja in April 2022 lifted the movement restriction and declared that the restriction of his movement to Abuja was excessive.
This decision means that he could travel outside Abuja, but he is not allowed to travel beyond Nigeria.
However, Take-It-Back Movement in a statement posted on its verified X (Twitter) handle on Thursday said it would storm the Federal High Court in solidarity with the activist.
The group explained that Sowore had committed no offence. It demanded that the Tinubu regime should immediately abandon its charade and free Sowore unconditionally.
The statement reads in part, "Again, we will be at the Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday, 10th of October, 2023 in solidarity with comrade Omoyele Sowore where the Tinubu regime will be re-arraigning him on charges of treasonable felony.
"For more than four years, the Buhari regime jailed, hounded, and persecuted him, unable to see his wife, and children. It is rather unfortunate that Tinubu has decided to continue on this path of impunity, and injustice.”
"Sowore has committed no offense. We demand that the Tinubu regime immediately abandons this charade, and free Sowore, unconditionally. #FreeSowore," the statement added.