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Sowore and Bakare were brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja in 2019 after Sowore led a protest rally in Abuja titled “Revolution Now.” The Federal Government has opted to halt the trial of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, also known as Mandate.This decision was communicated to the Federal High Court in Abuja through a notice of discontinuance, dated February 14 but filed the following day by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi. The notice stated: “By virtue…