Nigeria, March 25 -- Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, engaged in a heated exchange with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Musibau Adetunbi, at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday over his interaction with journalists inside the courtroom.

The incident occurred while Mr Sowore was speaking with judiciary correspondents as he awaited the release of his passport, which he earlier submitted as a bail condition in his now ended cybercrime trial.

In a two-minute-long video seen online by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Adetunbi approached Mr Sowore who was fielding questions from journalists in the courtroom.

Although microphones and cameras were visible as seen in the footage, Mr Sowore told the lawyer he w...