The Ondo State High Court, Sitting in Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure has granted the bail of Kemisola Ogunniyi, the detained #EndSars Protester who gave birth to a child in prison custody.
The bail is in the sum of 10 million naira with a surety, and comes a day to the naming ceremony of the baby.
Kemisola Ogunniyi was arrested along with three others by the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, during the curfew imposed in Ondo State in the wake of the #EndSARS protest in October 2020 and was accused of setting ablaze the APC Secretariat during the protest.
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She was charged with arson, conspiracy, stealing, and malicious damage.
Granting the bail application, Justice Omolara Adejumo cited Section 146, 150, 156 of the Ondo State criminal justice law, stressing that she was released on humanitarian ground, and for the purpose of the naming ceremony, adding that she has a right to be granted bail.
Editor-Oloyede Oworu
