The federal government has re-arraigned Omoyele Sowore,
convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, on a two-count charge of treasonable
felony.
At the court on Thursday, Aminu Alilu, the prosecution
counsel, asked that the previous seven-count charge, which was filed in
September 2019, be substituted with an amended charge.
Upon re-arraignment, Sowore and Olawale Bakare, his
co-defendant, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In the new charge, the offences which bordered on fraud,
cyber-stalking and of insulting the president were removed.
The government accused them of staging “a revolution
campaign on 5th day of August 2019, tagged #RevolutionNow” aimed at removing
the president during his term in office by unconstitutional means.
The prosecution counsel informed the court of the presence
of the first witness whom he said was ready to give evidence.
But Abdul Mahmud, counsel to the defendants, told the court
they cannot proceed with the trial because the prosecution was yet to comply
with the order directing it to provide statements of the witnesses it intends
to call.
He said only the summarised statements of witnesses were
served on them.
“We were served with summary statements of Moses Amadi,
Usman Bafa, Paul Okafor (technical video engineer) and Paul Clement (financial
analyst/investigator),” he said.
Mahmud added that the video recording and tape mentioned in
one of the witnesses’ statement had not been served on them.
Aliyu said since all his witnesses would be referring to the
video evidence, he would need two weeks to enable him serve the necessary
evidence on the defense.
Aliyu also informed the court that the N200,000 cost awarded
against them has been paid to the defense team. Mahmud confirmed payment of the
said sum.
Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge adjourned the case to March 11, 12,
13 for continuation.
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