A Court of Appeal in Abuja has lifted the movement restriction placed on human rights activist and convener of “Revolution Now”, Omoyele Sowore.
A Federal High Court had in 2019, restricted Sowore to Abuja following charges of treasonable felony and cyber stalking levelled against him by Federal Government.
According to the ruling, Sowore can now leave Abuja but not travel out of Nigeria.
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The court said that the restriction of the 2023 presidential aspirant to Abuja was “excessive” and therefore, lifted it.
Sowore was arrested in a Lagos hotel by operatives of the Department of State Service on August 3, 2019, for planning to organise a protest, tagged “#RevolutionNow”.
He was subsequently restricted to Abuja as part of the bail conditions granted to him by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu.
