US EditionNigeria: Court Rejects Sowore's Documents in Cyberstalking Trial, Warns Against Live Streaming Hearing
Judge Mohammed Umar rejected Sowore's evidence citing lack of witness knowledge and warned that livestreaming court proceedings could lead to contempt investigations.
- On Wednesday, Justice Mohammed Garba Umar rejected two sets of documents tendered by Omoyele Sowore in his cyberstalking trial, ruling they could not be admitted through a prosecution witness who had no knowledge of them, and adjourned cross-examination to March 5, 2026.
- Marshall Abubakar sought to tender printouts on DSS dismissals, EFCC charges, and an alleged N7.2 billion NNPCL fraud, but the judge and prosecution said such evidence belongs in the defendant's case; Abubakar then requested one more day to confront the witness.
- The prosecution witness denied awareness of claims linking Tinubu to Funso Williams' murder and rejected suggestions about his official X handle.
- Justice Umar warned that reports of a livestream require investigation, while Abubakar denied involvement and urged caution instead of an immediate probe.
- The judge granted a final adjournment for cross‑examination in the spirit of fairness, despite defence timing disputes, as the DSS prosecutes Sowore for allegedly calling President Bola Tinubu a criminal online.
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Alleged cyberstalking: Court rejects Sowore's documents in trial on false claim against Tinubu
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, rejected two sets of documents tendered by politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in his ongoing cyberstalking trial. Sowore is being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly making false claims against President Bola Tinubu by referring to him as a criminal in posts on his X (formerly Twitter) handle and Facebook accounts. In the fi…
Court throws out Sowore’s evidence alleging Tinubu called Jonathan ‘drunkard’
The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to accept a document tendered by activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, which alleged that President Bola Tinubu, in 2011, described former President Goodluck Jonathan as a “drunkard”. The exhibit, alleged to contain claims that Tinubu referred to Jonathan as […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjusted two sets of documents tended by political and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in his ongoing cyberstalking trial over alleged false claims against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Akahi News raised that the court, presided over over by Justice Mohammed Umar, also ordered a security investigation into a readed [...] The post Court Corrections Sowore’s Documents, Orders Probe Into Alleged Video Leak…
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