The Trial of YeleSowore By Tony Ademiluyi | Sahara Reporters The prosecution should waste no further time in making Sowore and Bakare stand trial. The judge should also enforce the costs against them and slam the former with more costs should...READ MORE:
Renowned human rights activist and anti-corruption crusader, Omoyele Sowore, alongside his sidekick, Olawale Bakare, were supposed to have their day in court today – February 12, 2020.
One wonders why the prosecution is using delay tactics to stall this important trial that has elicited global attention. Justice delayed is justice denied and one may be tempted to think that the prosecution doesn’t really have much of a case against the duo and just simply want to flex their muscles by restricting their movement in violation of their fundamental human rights.
The government has no right to keep him away from his family and supporters through the use of delay technicalities. “He who comes to equity must come with clean hands” goes a cliché. There is no point in the prosecution keeping Sowore waiting when they seem to be at a loss on what to do with him.
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