Sahara Reporters publisher and convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the Federal Government’s application seeking to have its prosecu
tion witnesses’ faces shielded during proceedings.
The defendants were arrested in August last year for calling for #RevolutionNow protest, which the Federal Government alleged was aimed at toppling the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari .The prosecution led by Mr Aminu Alilu had on March 5, 2020 filed the application asking for permission to have its witnesses masked or shielded from the members of the public in the courtroom during proceedings.
But opposing the application in a counter-affidavit which he filed on Wednesday, Sowore, who noted that he obtained his co-defendant’s consent to depose to it, said there was nothing in the case warranting the shielding of the faces of the prosecution witnesses.Reps give ex-FMBN MD 48 hours to render accounts
He stated, “That none of the listed witnesses has ever been threatened, harassed or molested by either me or any of my supporters at any time whatsoever.
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