Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the treasonable felony charges filed against Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, who were both charged over their August 2019 #RevolutionNow protest against then President Muhammadu Buhari.

The court struck out the charges following the application of notice of discontinuance filed by the Nigerian government through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the notice of discontinuance was filed on 15 February, ending a trial that has made little or no progress in the over four years that the case was filed.

The notice gave no reason for the withdrawal of the char...