Juliet Buna
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the treasonable felony charges against the 2023 African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare.
The Federal Government had last week discontinued the treasonable case against Sowore, who is also the Publisher of Sahara Reporters.
The decision to discontinue the trial was communicated to the federal high court in Abuja via a notice of discontinuance, dated February 14 and filed by Lateef Fagbemi, attorney general of the federation.
The notice reads: “By the power conferred on me under Section 174 (1) (c} of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, Section 107 (1) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN intend to discontinue charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/235/2019″.
The Federal Government arrested Sowore and Olawale Bakare, the co-defendant, in August 2019, during the #RevolutionNow protest organised by Sowore.
