Sowore risks remand in jail over inability to perfect bail conditions
DSS says Sowore has not met his bail terms, while the defence says passport verification is nearly complete and the trial will continue July 13.
- On Monday, July 6, 2026, activist Omoyele Sowore opened his defense against cybercrime charges, though the Department of State Service sought his remand at Kuje Correctional Center for allegedly failing to perfect bail conditions.
- The DSS filed these cybercrime charges against Sowore last year, alleging he used X and Facebook posts to refer to President Tinubu as a 'criminal,' which prompted the ongoing legal proceedings.
- Testifying for the defense, Deji Adeyanju recounted that President Tinubu stated during an official engagement in Benue State that citizens possess the right to criticize him and that law enforcement should uphold democratic expression.
- Citing the American Embassy's 250th Anniversary holiday as the cause for delay, defense counsel Olumide Fusika, SAN, requested Sowore remain in his custody until July 13, when bail conditions will be perfected.
- Justice Mohammed Umar adjourned proceedings until July 13 after the defense requested a television to present video recordings of the president's remarks, which were admitted as evidence by the court.
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Cyberbullying: Adeyanju cites Tinubu's words in Sowore defence, tenders video evidence
Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju on Monday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that President Bola Tinubu had publicly declared that Nigerians were free to criticise and “even insult” him. The post Cyberbullying: Adeyanju cites Tinubu’s words in Sowore defence, tenders video evidence appeared first on Vanguard News.
Adeyanju defends Sowore calling Tinubu 'criminal' as defence opens case in cyberbullying trial
Mr Adeyanju appeared in court as Mr Sowore's first defence witness in a cyberbullying trial focusing on Mr Sowore's social media posts from last year that called President Tinubu a criminal. The post Adeyanju defends Sowore calling Tinubu ‘criminal’ as defence opens case in cyberbullying trial appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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The Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, and activist, Omoyele Sowore, is at risk f being remanded in Kuje prison in Abuja following his inability to perfect the bail conditions granted him by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja. At the resumption of the defamation charges slammed on […] Sowore risks remand in jail over inability to perfect bail conditions
Alleged cybercrime: Sowore risks return to jail over failure to perfect bail conditions
Opens defence The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered that online publisher and presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, be taken back to the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, if he fails to meet the bail conditions granted him last Tuesday by 4 p.m. today. Last week, Justice Mohammed Umar, in … The post Alleged cybercrime: Sowore risks return to jail over failure to perfect bail conditions appeared firs…
Court declines remand bid as Sowore opens defence in Tinubu defamation suit - Lagos Television
The Federal High Court in Abuja has heard that the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, is yet to perfect the bail conditions granted to him in an ongoing alleged defamation case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At the resumed hearing before Justice Mohammed Umar, counsel to the prosecution, Akinlolu Kehinde...
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