On Monday, Abdullah gathered in worship with a group of supporters outside the third-floor courtroom, ending their prayer with “Ase” — a saying popular among activists that loosely translates to “amen and power to the people.”

After each name, the audience of about 50 people responded: “Asé,” pronounced ah-SHAY, a word from the Yoruba language spoken in parts of western Africa.

It read ”Áse″ — or “energy” in Yoruba, or as Brazilians know it, Axé, which is key to Candomblé.

"Someone gave us his place to stay but now he has just asked us to leave so we are now staying by the roadside," said Aruaman Ase in Ogbia.

Taiwan's ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd , one of the world's largest semiconductor testing and packaging firms, said on Wednesday that it would build a more advanced smart factory, as the industry continues to grapple with a labour shortage.