After weeks of arduous efforts to meet the bail conditions imposed on them by the trial court, three of the 10 persons charged with treason over the August #EndBadGovernance protest have been released from detention.
The defendants, Opaluwa Eleojo, Michael Adaramoye and Mosiu Sadiq, were released from the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kuje, Abuja, on Thursday after fulfilling their bail conditions and completing all necessary paperwork.
They joined three other co-defendants who were released earlier.
The development was confirmed by their lawyer, Abubakar Marshall of Falana and Falana chambers, on Thursday.
The lawyer noted that “efforts are being made to get the remaining five persons released,” who include one other individual later charged separately in connection with the protest.
One of the freed defendants, Adaramoye, told journalists that he was happy to be out, and looking forward to the freedom of the remaining five comrades.
He said, “The struggle continues, as we look forward to the release of Daniel Akande and the remaining four others.”
The defendants were detained for weeks in police custody before their arraignment before the Federal High Court in Abuja on 2 September, following which the court ordered them to be remanded in the Kuje prison.
They were in the Kuje prison up till 11 September when the trial court granted them bail in the sum of N10 million each. None of the defendants could immediately meet the bail conditions.
As of Thursday, four of the 10 defendants are still remanded in the Kuje prison.
