The convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his and his codefendant, Olawale Bakare, will be re-arraigned tomorrow, February 13 on fresh charges.

This was concluded after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu adjourned the case following the resumption of Sowore’s trial on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The prosecutor, Kayode Alilu, informed the court that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has taken over the prosecution of the case and has filed fresh and amended charges.

Alilu added that they are yet to effect service of the amended charges on the defendants.

He also said the office of the AGF took over the case late last year and applied to arraign the defendants based on the amended charges.

Justice Ojukwu then ordered the prosecution to pay a sum of N200, 000 as the cost to the defendants for the frivolous application for adjournment and adjourned till February 13.

Sowore and co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, are facing trial over charges of a treasonable felony for organising the revolution now protest on August 5, 2019, which the government saw as an attempt to disrupt peace in the country.

The prosecution alleged that they were attempting to topple the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari [retd], through their nationwide protests tagged #RevolutionNow in August last year.

But the prosecution has now removed the counts of money laundering and abusing Buhari from the charges.

Meanwhile, Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, and some notable activists, including a former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, and a former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, were in court on Wednesday in Solidarity with Sowore.