US EditionNigeria: FG Rearraigns Sowore Over Posts Calling Tinubu Criminal, Drops Charges Against Facebook, X
- The Department of State Services re‑arraigned Omoyele Sowore on an amended charge filed December 5, 2025, and Justice Mohammed Garba Umar fixed the trial to begin on January 22, 2026.
- The amended charge frames social‑media posts as cyberstalking under the 2024 Cybercrimes Act, alleging Omoyele Sowore falsely labelled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR a 'criminal' via his official X and Facebook handles to disrupt public order.
- The charge cites Section 241 alongside Section 24,, of the Cybercrimes Act, 2024 with a Facebook message sent about the 253 day of August, 2025 on @YeleSowore.
- On Monday the court removed X Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc. as co-defendants following a DSS request, and Omoyele Sowore pleaded not guilty to the charges.
- Sowore's lawyer Abubakar Marshall challenged the proof of evidence for lacking witness particulars, stalling trial attempts under section 36 of the 1999 Constitution after the DSS filed a five-count charge in September 2025.
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justnewsline.comDSS re-arraigns Sowore on amended cyberstalking charges, as court strikes out Meta, X as defendants
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has struck out Meta and X as defendants in the amended Cyberbullying charges brought against
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The Federal Government has re-arraigned human rights activist Omoyele Sowore on a two-count amended charge of alleged cyberstalking against President Bola Tinubu. Sowore, who pleaded not guilty, is accused of tagging the President as a “criminal” on social media platforms, including X and Facebook. The amended charge, however, removes the social media companies as defendants, leaving Sowore as the sole defendant. At the resumed hearing at the Fe…
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