BREAKING: Court Grants Gombe Take It Back Movement Coordinator, Thomas Umar, Bail

SaharaReporters additionally realized that tensions flared at some level of the courtroom lawsuits, as a supporter of Ali Isa allegedly attacked one of Umar’s key supporters by dousing his face with an unidentified substance

The Federal High Court docket in Gombe has granted bail to Thomas Umar, the Gombe Reveal Coordinator of the Lift It Support (TIB) Circulate, in an ongoing case filed by the Minority Whip of the Home of Representatives, Ali Isa.

SaharaReporters additionally realized that tensions flared at some level of the courtroom lawsuits, as a supporter of Ali Isa allegedly attacked one of Umar’s key supporters by dousing his face with an unidentified substance.

“One Bashir Lawan, who’s Ali’s supporter, poured an unknown substance on Bayo Trace’s face. Trace is constantly a supporter of Thomas within the Federal High Court docket premises,” a source advised SaharaReporters.

It is far identified that Bashir is at the 2d in police custody.

On Might well even just 6, the TIB Circulate called for the instantaneous liberate of its Gombe Reveal Coordinator, Thomas Umar, who has spent almost a month in detention at the Reveal Medium Security Custodial Centre resulting from Facebook posts made in 2020.

Umar used to be earlier remanded at the Gombe Correctional Centre after being sued by the Home of Representatives Minority Chief Whip over a Facebook put up made in 2020.

The case used to be within the origin scheduled for Might well even just 6, nevertheless the bail utility used to be finally heard on Might well even just 7.

The Federal High Court docket in Gombe had remanded Umar in detention heart pending the listening to of his bail utility.

This pattern follows a lawsuit filed by the Minority Whip of the Home of Representatives, Ali Isa, in opposition to Umar over severe feedback he made in 2020.

For the length of the courtroom sitting on Thursday, April 10, the prosecution requested extra time to acknowledge to the defence crew’s bail utility.

Granting the prosecution’s seek info from of, the courtroom adjourned the case to Might well even just 6.

SaharaReporters realized that Umar remained at the Gombe Correctional Centre pending the resolution of his bail utility.

A family source advised SaharaReporters that the courtroom’s Easter vacation delayed the granting of bail, as the police requested extra time to acknowledge.

“They’ve five working days from the date of the utility to rep a response, and this duration ends on Friday, which coincides with the originate of the judges’ vacation,” the source explained.

“The courtroom will walk on Easter vacation the next day to come, Friday, April 11, so the case used to be adjourned till Might well even just 6. The plea of the defence crew that he (Thomas Umar) would possibly perchance doubtless well perchance additionally quiet be saved in police custody pending the date used to be rejected after the prosecution opposed the roam. He has been taken to the correctional centre as of now,” the family source talked about.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the arraignment of Thomas Umar used to be postponed on Wednesday, April 9, after the defence pointed out to the resolve that the charge used to be no longer yet upright for arraignment.

Umar had previously been granted bail by the Nigeria Police Power following his arrest over a 2020 Facebook put up whereby he criticised Isa.

He additionally recounted what he described as a demanding and suspicious sequence of events resulting in his courtroom look.

He narrated, “On January 20 this twelve months, I was abducted in Bauchi Reveal. The police tracked my phone, got right here to my resort, blindfolded me, and transported me to Gombe without allowing me to select out any of my belongings. However, when the senior police officers reviewed the case, they eminent that it used to be no longer an offence for which I must had been detained. After narrating the circumstances of my abduction, I was asked to head, and the matter used to be settled then and there.

“However, following the appointment of a brand unique Commissioner of Police, the case used to be reactivated. This time, when the petition used to be written, neither I nor my legal professionals had been contacted for a response. They proceeded to file the case without reaching out to me. They filed a case when it comes to events from 2020, which had already been settled.”

Umar talked about he only got communication from the police after the case had already been filed.