The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) has expressed joy following the victory of 2023 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court, Abuja today, Monday 19 February, 2024 against the “treason case” filed against him.
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| 2023 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court, Abuja today, Monday 19 February, 2024, where the “treason case” filed against him was struck out. Photo: @YeleSowore |
As stated on its official X account (@ClooneyFDN), the Clooney Foundation for Justice( CFJ) was created by “George and Amal Clooney to wage justice for vulnerable people and pursue perpetrators of human rights abuses.”
The CFJ said, “after five years of unfair proceedings, the treason case against
@YeleSowore in #Nigeria was finally struck out today.”
The #RevolutionNow convener said, the court struck out the case filed against him, and asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to return his phones as well as other properties taken from him the day he was nabbed.
CFJ said: “After five years of unfair proceedings, the treason case against
@YeleSowore in #Nigeria was finally struck out today.
“It was one of many global cases monitored by @TrialWatch in which opposition candidates were targeted with baseless criminal trials for daring to speak out.”
Senior Program Manager, Trial Watch, Kyle Delbyck, said: “the criminal case against Sowore should never have been brought in the first place. Justice has finally been served, but it comes after almost five years of unfair proceedings and delays, during which Omoyele was violently detained and as the result of which he has been separated from his wife and children.”
