In a significant development, the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday discharged Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare from the alleged treasonable felony charge presented by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.
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Following the withdrawal of the charge by the AGF’s counsel, A.R. Tahir, Justice Emeka Nwite ruled to strike out the matter. Additionally, Justice Nwite mandated the Department of State Service (DSS) to promptly release three phones and the sum of N10,000 seized from Sowore during his arrest.
The judge also directed the release of Bakare’s phone and the sum of N1,500 confiscated from him during his arrest, along with the release of Sowore’s international passport.
The orders followed an application by lawyer to Sowore and Bakare, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, to tye effect.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sowore and Bakare were earlier arraigned before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu in 2019 before the matter was reassigned to Nwite.
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