Publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore has mocked the Muhammadu Buhari administration for instituting a case of treason against him in a court.
This comes after the Nigerian government, under the Bola Tinubu administration, discontinued the trial in a letter to the Federal High Court in Abuja dated February 15, 2024, by the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice Lateef Fagbemi.
In his reaction via social media on Thursday, Mr Sowore said he would not back down on the struggle for justice and liberty.
“Five years ago, the Federal Government of Nigeria commenced a fruitlessly malicious, tendencious and idiosyncratic treason trial (Persecution) against me and several other revolutionary comrades across Nigeria, we stood our ground and began a historic journey to liberate our country, despite threats, assassination of family members, state-sponsored violence and targeted attacks by security forces, we promised never to back down,” he wrote.
FG withdraws treason case against Sowore
“Today, we have been vindicated on one front, the Nigerian government has terminated its own case against me, but we will not terminate our struggle for justice and liberty of our compatriots.
“We warned the @MBuhari regime and those who followed his ruinous path that they will face ultimate disgrace before long. We salute our revolutionary comrades. #RevolutionNow,” he added.
Sowore was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at midnight on August 3, 2019, two days before a planned #RevolutionNow protest tagged “Days of Rage”.
