- Odibo Victory
The presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has on Monday appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja for his trial after a bench warrant for his arrest.
Sowore, also the publisher of Sahara Reporters, arrived at the court in company of members of his group with placards bearing the inscription, “Resist Oppression.”
According to reports, Justice Mohammed Umar had, on June 16 revoked a bail granted to Sowore following his failure to appear in court his trial.
Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling on an oral application made by the lawyer to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinkolu Kehinde, (SAN), also issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
The DSS is prosecuting Sowore for allegedly making false claims against the person of President Bola Tinubu by referring to him as “a criminal” in a post he made on his “X” and Facebook account.
As at the time of filing this report, the court is yet to begin sitting