Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- A magistrate's court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and 12 others arrested during Monday's #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The defendants include Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, and Mr Kanu's brother, Emmanuel Kanu.

They were arraigned before magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai'id on two counts of unlawful assembly and disturbance of public peace. The defendants denied the charges.

Sahara Reporters reported that the court granted bail in the sum of N500,000 each.

The defendants are required to submit their passports, present a verified National Identif...