US EditionBREAKING: DSS slams cybercrime charges against Sowore, others over anti-Tinubu post
The Department of State Services accuses Sowore of defamation and incitement via social media posts against President Tinubu, citing violations under Nigeria's 2024 Cybercrimes Amendment Act.
- On September 9, 2025, the Department of State Services filed a five-count cybercrime charge against Omoyele Sowore, X Corp, and Meta Platforms Inc. at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
- The charges stem from Sowore's August 25 and 26 posts accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of corruption and lying, which DSS claims were false and intended to incite disorder.
- Sowore made these posts via his verified Facebook and X accounts and ignored a one-week ultimatum issued on September 8 to remove them, according to DSS.
- One of the charges involves Sowore’s tweet from August 25 in which he accused the President, referred to as "official PBAT," of traveling to Brazil and falsely claiming that corruption no longer exists under his administration in Nigeria, a statement alleged to breach section 24 of the 2024 Cybercrimes Act.
- Sowore vowed to appear in court when assigned, while no arraignment date has been set, and both X Corp and Meta refused DSS requests to deactivate his accounts.
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