Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) activist Deji Adeyanju has been granted bail.
Mr Adeyanju was granted bail on Thursday by the Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja.
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode and Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy, among others stormed the court on Thursday morning to support Adeyanju.
Adeyanju was rearrested on Monday after he was initially released from prison by the police on offences bordering on cyberstalking, inciting disturbance and criminal defamation.
The offence is punishable under Section 391 of the Penal Code and Section 24(1) of the CyberCrime Prohibition and Protection Act 2015.
Adeyanju was leading a protest against partisan conduct of top security chiefs ahead of 2019 general elections when he was arrested on November 28.
Presiding magistrate Idiat Akanni said the offence is bailable, noting that Adeyanju should not have been kept in custody.
She, therefore, admitted him to bail on the condition that he must produce two sureties with N500,000 in like sum and the sureties must not be less than Grade 12 in the civil service.
Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai had earlier written a petition against Adeyanju for “promoting terrorism on social media” regarding the attack on soldiers in Metele, Borno State.
Speaking on the arrest, Fani-Kayode said: “The excesses of the Police have exposed the number of issues happening with the military and so on. That he should be locked up, charged to court, granted bail and rearrested. This is unacceptable and I will urge the government to reconsider the way they are handling this matter.”
The case has been adjourned till January 17 for hearing.
