SAHARANEWS – Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, and Senator Shehu Sani have attended the trial of the convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Prof. Soyinka arrived on Wednesday around 8:50 am, five minutes before Sowore made his way into the court.
Sowore and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare, were arrested on August 5, 2019, by the Department of State Services (DSS) and charged with treasonable felony, fraud among others.
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He was released after being detained for 124 days but forcibly rearrested at a Federal High Court in Abuja less than 24 hours after his release.