A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja has reviewed the bail conditions for the #EndBadGovernance protesters downward from 10 million to five million naira each.

The court took the decision on Monday, October 7, through one of its justices, Emeka Nwite.

This followed an appeal by some of the defendants’ counsel because they could not meet the initial bail conditions.

Five out of the ten arrested #EndBadGovernance protesters who were previously tried for different charges including treason, inciting mutiny, and intent to destabilise Nigeria have struggled to meet the initial bail conditions.

The ICIR reports that the Federal Government arraigned 10 leaders, organisers, and members of the protest held from August 1 to 10 across Nigeria, in Abuja.

However, on  September 11, they were granted 10 million naira bail each, totalling 100 million naira.

The protesters arraigned before the judge are Michael Adaramoye also known as Lenin, Adeyemi Abayomi, Suleiman Yakubu, Opaoluwa Simon and Angel Innocent, Buhari Lawal, Mosiu Sadiq, Bashir Bello, Nuradeen Khamis, and Abdulsalam Zubairu.

In the six counts filed by the inspector-general of police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Federal Government also named a British citizen, Andrew Wynne, aka Andrew Povich, as defendant.

During the hearing, the presiding judge, Nwite, held that Nigeria’s criminal justice system has its stipulations for the prosecutor and the defendant.

Nwite agreed with the submission of counsel for the 1st, 2nd, and 4th defendants, Abubakar Marshall, stating that “that anybody charged with a criminal offence must be presumed innocent until proven guilty”.

The judge ruled that the protesters were to remain in custody until they met all the bail conditions, setting the new conditions for five million naira each, with one surety in the same amount.

The surety must be a close relative, specifically a father or mother, or another blood relative residing within the jurisdiction if neither parent is available.