Tinubu criminal comment: I’m unshaken, resolved to resist intimidation – Sowore

The African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday reaffirmed his resolve to resist intimidation and defend freedom of expression.

Sowore said his struggle for justice remains unshakeable, stressing that the push will continue.

He spoke while addressing journalists at the Abuja Federal High Court, after Monday’s proceedings in a criminal case in which he allegedly defamed President Bola Tinubu.

Sowore said: “I am addressing the media following today’s proceedings in the politically charged “Tinubu Is a Criminal” trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

“Our resolve to resist intimidation, defend freedom of expression, and demand justice remains unshaken. The struggle continues.

“We want the world to know that the prosecutor is complicit in this matter; our subpoena was based on an interview he granted to Premium Times, in which he said they have looked at this case and they don’t see any merit in continuing until after the election.

“I just wanted him to come and repeat that: the reason we subpoenaed him was that he denied in court that he never had the conversation with any newspaper.

“He denied in open court, and we have now been able to show the world the justice we are looking for and the justice they are prepared to give.

“When he started this case, he presented in the open court a fiat, so when we now subpoenaed him, he went and smuggled in his fiat into his defence, but there was no ruling on that, so we put it that we know the game they are playing and, as I have demonstrated to you, you must understand, we are far ahead of them.”