DSS Petitions Meta, Demands Deactivation Of Sowore’s Facebook Account Over Posts Criticising Tinubu

“Unlawful Attempt To Silence Dissent” — Sowore Urges Facebook To Reject SSS’ Demand To Ban His Accounts - TheNigeriaLawyer

Human rights activist and pro-democracy crusader, Omoyele Sowore, has called on the owners of Facebook to reject the petition sent to them by Nigeria’s Department of State’s Services for the ban/deactivation of his Facebook accounts. Sowore, who is the publisher of SaharaReporters and a two-time presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), informed Meta Platforms Inc.; owners of Facebook, that the DSS’ demand was not only unlawfu…

DSS Trying To Massage Tinubu’s Ego – Sowore Urges Meta To Ignore Facebook Deactivation Request - News360 Info - Breaking News, Nigerian News and Multimedia, World News.

Nigerian activist Omoyele Sowore has sent a petition to Meta urging the tech giant to ignore Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) request to deactivate his Facebook account. In the petition submitted by Sowore’s lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, the activist stated that the DSS demand was unlawful and unconstitutional and a threat to the right to […] The post DSS Trying To Massage Tinubu’s Ego – Sowore Urges Meta To Ignore Facebook Deactivation R…

In fresh petition, DSS requests Meta to deactivate Sowore’s Facebook account

Barely 48 hours after it asked X (formerly Twitter) to ban the X account of activist Omoyele Sowore, The post In fresh petition, DSS requests Meta to deactivate Sowore’s Facebook account appeared first on National Accord Newspaper.

DSS Steps Up Petition Against Sowore’s Post On Tinubu, Writes Meta For Deactivation Of Facebook Account

The Department of State Services (DSS) has stepped up its demand for immediate and urgent ban/deactivation of Facebook account owned by Omoyele Sowore, his personalized link: or any other account b…

DSS Petitions Meta, Demands Deactivation Of Sowore’s Facebook Account Over Posts Criticising Tinubu

DSS Petitions Meta, Demands Deactivation Of Sowore’s Facebook Account Over Posts Criticising Tinubu

Nigeria’s DSS urges Meta to delete activist Omoyele Sowore’s account

The Department of State Services (DSS) has officially requested that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, immediately shut down the Facebook account of activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore. The DSS claims that a post Sowore made on August 26, 2025, is a threat to national security, defamatory, and breaks several Nigerian laws. ​According to a letter dated September 7, 2025, signed by Uwem Davies, Sowore’s post caused “online and offline tensi…