Nigeria, March 5 -- Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has urged President Bola Tinubu and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, u, to discontinue the cybercrime charges brought against activist Omoyele Sowore by the Nigerian police.

Mr Falana, acting as a lawyer to Mr Sowore, made the request in a letter dated 4 March and received by the AGF office on 5 March.

The letter was copied to Rotimi Oyedepo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Senior Assistant to President Tinubu on Public Prosecution Compliance.

It accused the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun instigating the prosecution of Mr Sowore for criticising the recent extension of his tenure as the IGP.

It also noted that the ...