Criminal defamation: Court remind Sowore in Kuje prison, dismisses recusal application

…Say incarceratio, a vacation
From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), in Kuje Prison, Abuja.
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, in a short ruling, ordered Sowore to be kept in the prison pending the hearing and determination of his motion for stay of the order for revocation of his bail and bench warrant.
Justice Umar also dismissed Sowore’s earlier application seeking the judge’s recusal from the case on grounds of alleged bias.
The judge, then, adjourned the matter until June 24 for hearing of the application for stay.
The motion for stay was filed by t...