Sowore, Bakare Plead ‘Not Guilty’ To Fresh Charges. File image

The convener of  RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare has pleaded not guilty to two-count amended charges leveled against them by the federal government.

Concise News reports that the two defendants pleaded not guilty to two-count charges of conspiracy to commit treasonable felony and treasonable felony.

At the court on Thursday, the prosecution counsel, Aminu Alilu, asked that the previous seven-count charge, which was filed in September 2020, be substituted with an amended charge.

He announced preparedness to proceed with the trial but the defence team led by Abdul Mahmud objects to the commencement of the trial on the ground that the statement of witnesses is yet to be served on them.

Earlier on, the prosecutor informed the court that the FG has complied with the order of the court over the payment of N200,000 as a cost to the defendants.

Abdul Mahmud informed the court that what the prosecutor served on them was the summary statement of the four witnesses, he insisted on being served with the full statements.

He also insisted that since the prosecutor has his evidence on tape, he wants him to provide the tape to be played in the open court but the prosecutor says he will need 2 weeks to provide a DVD player to present the evidence.

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