FORMER presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has responded to the recent court ruling that instructed the Federal Government to drop the treasonable felony charges against him and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare (also known as Mandate).
Sowore and Bakare were prosecuted by the previous administration for organizing a nationwide #RevolutionNow protest against former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Following a prolonged legal battle, the court recently directed the Federal Government to halt the case. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Sowore stated that he refused to be broken by the former administration’s actions.
He criticized the Department of State Services (DSS) for their behavior, particularly for forcibly taking him away in front of a judge in 2019.
“They came to court in 2019, and DSS abducted me in front of a judge. If that is not punishment, then what is punishment?” he queried.
“But I did not break, I didn’t let them break me. That is the only good news I have for all of you. There is nothing that wasn’t expected. We knew that this was going to happen.”
Sowore described Buhari’s government as destructive, alleging that officials were eager to suppress critics of the administration.
“Those in government led by Buhari would do everything to shut anybody who was opposed to that ruinous regime and the political party in power at that time which had continued till today,” he added.
His comments came after the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, withdrew the charges in line with a court order.
The trial, which had made little progress over more than four years, was formally ended by the administration of Bola Tinubu.
