Omoyele Sowore is being prosecuted alongside a co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, on two counts of treasonable felony.
The trial of the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, was on Wednesday stalled due to the failure of the federal government to produce a detailed witness statement.
But Ms Ojukwu adjourned to rule on the prosecution’s application and asked the prosecution to call its witness. Describing how he met the duo standing trial, Mr Olawale said his team was directed to arrest the defendant after they “received an intelligence report that he had planned to carry out a revolution on August 5, 2019, by revolting along with his associate against the democratic government of Nigeria throughout the federation.”
“He was sensitising passers-by of the particular day for the protest and what they planned to do. He also claimed that the government of the day would cease to exist through the procession.” The senior lawyer urged the court to direct the prosecution lawyer to limit the witness to his earlier statement.
Responding, the prosecution lawyer, Aminu Alilu, argued that the law allows them to only serve a “summary” of a witness statement on the defence. He urged the court to allow the witness to continue with his evidence as the defence would also get the opportunity to cross-examine the witness.
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