Court overrules Sowore, co-defendant's request for adjournment

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday overruled the request by the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, to have their trial on charges of treasonable felony adjourned.

Their lawyers, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), and Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) had made the request for adjournment on the grounds that they had not been allowed access to the defendants in the custody of the Department of State Service holding them.
But the judge overruled the request saying she held the view that trial must start as already scheduled and in view of the fact that she had already granted an accelerated hearing in the case.