Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded N200,000 fine against the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for causing frivolous adjournments in the trial of Omoyele Sowore.
Sowore and a co-accused, Olawale Bakare, are standing trial on a seven-count charge of treasonable felony, fraud, cyberstalking and insulting President Muhammadu Buhari.
Messrs Sowore and Bakare were arrested on August 3 last year by the State Security Services (SSS) for planning a protest popularised with the hashtag #RevolutionNow.
The SSS had on December 6 rearrested Sowore at the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja, a day after he was released from their custody. The publisher and Bakare were released the night before on the order of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, after spending 124 days in SSS custody.
Sowore was later released on December 24, 2019.
Wednesday’s trial was attended by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Senator Shehu Sani, and a former Chairman of the Human Rights Commission, Prof Chidi Odinkalu.