Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja Thursday granted activist Omoyele Sowore bail in the sum of N10 million regarding the cybercrime case filed against him by the police over his unflattering social media remarks about Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun.

The police, on Monday, filed the cybercrime case, which attracts a penalty of a N7 million fine, up to three years' imprisonment, or both, for his soal media remarks alleging that Mr Egbetokun is incompetent and unlawfully in office.

As part of his bail conditions granted Mr Swore, the court ordered him to provide one surety who is resident and owns landed property in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The trial judge Abdulla Liman, who dismissed the ...