{"id":3593,"date":"2025-01-06T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2025-01-06T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:57:26","slug":"court-grants-n10million-bail-with-strict-terms-to-activist-olamide-thomas-detained-for-insulting-seyi-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/01\/06\/court-grants-n10million-bail-with-strict-terms-to-activist-olamide-thomas-detained-for-insulting-seyi-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Grants N10Million Bail With Strict Terms To Activist Olamide Thomas Detained For \u2018Insulting\u2019 Seyi Tinubu."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"columns is-vcentered\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div id=\"block-octavia-sahara-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block clearfix\">\n<h1 class=\"title is-1 is-size-2-tablet-only is-size-3-mobile has-padding-top-20-desktop has-padding-top-10-tablet-only has-padding-top-5-mobile has-padding-left-10-touch has-padding-right-10-touch\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The charges centre on allegations that Olamide Thomas insulted President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s son, Seyi and top police officials, including Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and Police Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi, in a viral social media post.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section section--main\"><main class=\"container\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"columns is-centered\">\n<div class=\"main-content column\">\n<div id=\"block-octavia-sahara-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block clearfix tbl-forkorts-article\">\n<div class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full columns is-multiline ds-3col-stacked clearfix\" data-history-node-id=\"192516\">\n<div class=\"column is-6 group-middle\">\n<div class=\"content story\">\n<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to human rights activist, Olamide Thomas, of 10 million naira, with stringent conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling was delivered on Monday, with Thomas required to provide one surety in the same amount.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves Thomas facing charges against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and two others.<\/p>\n<p>The charges centre on allegations that Olamide Thomas insulted President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s son, Seyi and top police officials, including Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and Police Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi, in a viral social media post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Olamide&#8217;s legal team, led by Dr. S. M. Oyeghe and J. A. Ekwe, presented their motion for bail. There was no appearance for the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Emeka Nwite, delivering his ruling, stated that there was insufficient evidence to suggest that Olamide Thomas would jump bail if granted.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined the bail conditions, including the requirement for a surety to submit a three-year tax clearance certificate, reside within the court\u2019s jurisdiction, and provide two recent passport photographs along with an affidavit of means.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Justice Nwite added that the surety\u2019s address should also be verified.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court has adjourned the trial to February 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Omoyele Sowore, a Nigerian human rights activist, said on his X handle on Monday that although the bail conditions were stringent and unduly oppressive, he and his team will continue to fight against the Nigeria Police Force&#8217;s abuse and irresponsible conduct.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nurse Olamide was granted bail this morning in Abuja, though bail conditions were stringent and unduly oppressive; we will keep fighting Nigeria&#8217;s Police Force abuse and irresponsible conduct!&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The charges centre on allegations that Olamide Thomas insulted President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s son, Seyi and top police officials, including Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and Police Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi, in&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3596,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions\/3596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}