The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of political activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre.
Presiding Judge Justice Mohammed Umar delivered the short ruling on Monday morning, directing that the Sahara Reporters publisher remain in custody pending the hearing and determination of his legal team’s newly filed motion.
The defence is seeking a stay of execution on the court’s previous order that revoked his bail and issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
The court also heavily dismissed an application filed by Sowore requesting that the trial judge recuse himself from the case over allegations of bias.
Sowore is currently facing prosecution by the Department of State Services (DSS) on cybercrime charges.
The charges stem from controversial social media posts published on his Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) accounts, in which he allegedly referred to President Bola Tinubu as “a criminal.”
“The defendant will be kept in the correctional centre pending the hearing and determination of his motion for stay of the order for revocation of his bail,” Justice Umar ruled.
The trial suffered a major setback last week, on June 16, when Justice Umar officially revoked the bail previously granted to the activist.
The revocation followed Sowore’s failure to appear in court for his scheduled trial, prompting the lead prosecution counsel for the DSS, Akinkolu Kehinde (SAN), to make an oral application for a bench warrant, which the court granted.
At Monday’s resumed proceedings, Sowore appeared in court alongside his supporters and was represented by his new lead counsel, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).
Following the remand order, the matter has been subsequently adjourned to June 24, 2026, for the formal hearing of the application to stay the bench warrant and restore his bail terms.
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