BREAKING: FG Ends #Revolutionnow Protest Trial

The Federal Government has halted the trial of Olawale Bakare, commonly known as Mandate, and politician and media owner Omoyele Sowore.
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), submitted a notice of discontinuance on February 14th, communicating the decision to end the trial to the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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The notice reads: “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 Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN intend to discontinue charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/235/2019.

Sowore and Bakare were arraigned in 2019 before the Federal High Court in Abuja following his staging of a protest rally in Abuja which he tagged “Revolution Now.”