Major names in civil activism in Nigeria joined the Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, at the Federal High Court in Abuja to give solidarity to Sahara Reporters publisher, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, who is being prosecuted for organising a nationwide protest tagged #RevolutionNow.
The octogenarian arrived the court ahead of the proceedings scheduled to commence at 9.00 am on Wednesday.
Others including a former senator representing Kaduna Central, comrade Shehu Sani later joined him.
Sani, an activist, who exchanged banters with the playwright, later took a seat behind Soyinka.
A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, and another activist, Deji Adeyanju, later arrived.
The Department of State Services (DSS) had in August 2019 arrested Sowore and his codefendant, Olawale Bakare, in respect of the #RevolutionNow protest.
They were subsequently charged with a treasonable felony for allegedly planning to topple the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, among other counts including abusing the President.
They were held in custody for over four months until mounting domestic and international pressure forced the government to release them in December.
The presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had fixed Tuesday for the commencement of trial but had to adjourn till Wednesday due to her official assignment elsewhere.