US EditionBREAKING: DSS slams cybercrime charges against Sowore, others over anti-Tinubu post
The Department of State Services alleges Omoyele Sowore posted false and inciting statements against President Tinubu on social media, leading to a five-count charge under Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act.
- The DSS lodged a five‑count criminal charge at the Federal High Court, Abuja on September 16, 2025, naming Omoyele Sowore, Meta Platforms Inc., and X Corp. as defendants.
- After posts on August 25 and 26, 2025 that called President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a 'criminal', the September 8, 2025 ultimatum expired without Omoyele Sowore deleting them, as he refused to retract, citing free expression.
- The charge sheet alleges Counts One and Two involve Sowore using his X handle and Facebook on August 25–26 to publish false claims about the President, violating sections of the Criminal Code and Cybercrimes Amendment Act 2024.
- Sowore faces imminent arraignment but no date has been set, his legal team has sued the Department of State Services to protect his online accounts under Section 39, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and urged journalists to oppose censorship.
- Civil society cautioned that yielding to censorship could make platforms tools of repression, warning that Meta Platforms Inc. and X Corp. risk complicity if they bow to unlawful demands amid Nigeria's national security concerns.
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