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The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday discharged Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare of an alleged treasonable felony charge by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime.
In a ruling, Justice Emeka Nwite struck out the matter after A.R. Tahir, the counsel for the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, withdrew the charge.
Mr Nwite ordered the State Security Service (SSS) to immediately release three phones and N10,000 seized from Mr Sowore during his arrest. He equally ordered that Mr Sowore’s international passport be released.
The judge also ordered the SSS to release a phone belonging to Mr Bakare, and N1,500 confiscated from him during his arrest.
The orders followed an application by a lawyer to Messrs Sowore and Bakare, Femi Falana (SAN), to the effect.
Messrs Sowore and Bakare were arraigned before Justice…
