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The federal government will arraign Omoyele Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow movement, before a federal high court in Abuja today.
He is to be arraigned on seven counts of treasonable felony, money laundering and cybercrimes which was instituted against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.
The Department of State Service, which has been detaining the former presidential candidate since August 3, continues to hold him in custody in violation of the court order granting him bail six days ago.
According to reports, Sowore’s case is said to have been assigned to Ijeoma Ojukwu,a judge of the high court.
He is facing a seven-count charge of cyber-stalking, treasonable felony and money laundering.
Taiwo Taiwo, a judge of the federal high court, had granted Sowore bail, but the Department of State Services (DSS), which is holding him, is yet to comply with the order.
Femi Falana, Sowore’s counsel, accused the federal government of putting pressure on the court to assign his client’s case for arraignment instead of releasing him.
“However, in a desperate bid to divert public attention from the contemptuous conduct of the SSS the federal government has hurriedly pressurised the federal high court to assign the case for the arraignment of Mr. Sowore,” he said.