A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the treasonable felony charges against the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), in a notice addressed to the court, expressed his intention to discontinue the case against Sowore.
Some operatives of the Department of State Services had arrested Sowore in the build-up to the #RevolutionNow protest, accusing him of seeking to overthrow the then incumbent government on August 3, 2019.
30 days later, the apex government filed seven charges of fraud, cyber-stalking, and treasonable felony against Sowore on September 20, 2019.
However, the FG re-arraigned Sowore and Bakare on two charges of treasonable felony on February 13, 2020.
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in November 2023 threatened to strike out the case if the prosecution failed to put its house in order
However, at the proceedings on Monday, an Assistant Chief State Counsel, Federal Ministry of Justice, A.R. Tahir, urged the court to approve the notice of discontinuance by the AGF, adding that the charges against the defendants be struck out.
