The Federal Government has withdrawn the treasonable felony charge it filed against a human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore and Olawole Adebayo Bakare (aka Mandate).
The withdrawal of the charge followed a notice of discontinuance filed at the Federal High Court sitting Abuja, where Sowore and his co-defendant are being prosecuted on charge number, FHC/ABJ/CR/235/2019.
The Notice of Discontinuance, dated February 15, 2023, was signed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN).
The letter said, “By virtue of 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 Fagbemi, SAN, the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice tend to discontinue Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/235/2019, between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Adebayo Bakare (aka Mandate).“
….Details later