TESTIMONY under cover may be allowed in the trial of activist-turned politician Omoyele Sowore should the court endorse the bid by the prosecution.
Sowore and his associate, Olawale Bakare, are charged with treasonable felony, fraud, cyber stalking, among others in the case being prosecuted by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation .
It wants an order “excluding persons other than parties and their legal representatives, with the exception of the accredited members of the press at the hearing of the above named charge.
It stated, in a supporting affidavit, that its intention to shield its witnesses was informed among others, by the fact that the defendants are being tried for serious offences that could attract life imprisonment on conviction.
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