Breaking: Judge Decline Sowore’s Application

By Jide Afolabi, Jos

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declined to hear the motion filed by Sowore as the Court referred the matter back to the vacation judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo .

Justice Nkweonye Maha said she lacks jurisdiction to review the decision by Justice Taiwo Taiwo.

She noted that the ruling of the vacation judge stated that the matter would be held 45 days which is 21st of September.

Sowore has been in detention since his arrest and subsequent arraignment.

He was alleged to have planned to topple the government through his #RevolutionNow Protest.

Sowore was the Action Alliance Congress, AAC, Presidential candidate in the last general election in February 2019.