The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken the founder of SaharaReporters and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress Omoyele Sowore to court for treasonable felony, cyberstalking President Muhammadu Buhari among other offences.
The charge was contained in a suit dated September 19, filed at the federal high court in Abuja.
The federal government also accused Sowore of granting an interview with the purpose of insulting the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Omoyele Sowore was arrested in his Lagos residence on August 3, 2019, for planning a series of protests tagged #RevolutionNow against bad governance in Nigeria.
The Federal Government has also charged another activist, Olawale Mandate, who was arrested in Osun state.
