Human rights advocate Omoyele Sowore is scheduled to be charged with five counts by the Federal Government for allegedly disseminating fake information on President Bola Tinubu with the intent to undermine law and order, according to court documents.
On Tuesday, before the arraignment, Sowore was seen at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The lawsuit was filed on September 16, 2025, after Sowore allegedly refused to take down the contentious posts criticising the president.
The Sahara Reporters publisher was accused of using his official X handle to make the post, “This criminal @ official PBAT Actually went to Brazil to state that there is no more corruption under his regime in Nigeria. What audacity to lie shamelessly!”
According to the Federal High Court, the alleged infringing post was made on August 25 and was in violation of Section 24(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes Prohibition and Prevention Act 2024.
Along with four other DSS counsel, M.E. Ernest, U.B. Bulla, Dr. C.S. Eze, and E.G. Orubor, the charges were presented on behalf of the DSS and the Federal Government by M.B. Abubakar, Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice.
Social media companies X Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. are listed as co-defendants.
Confirming the legal action in a Facebook post last week, Sowore wrote, “The State Security Service, alias @OfficialDSSNG today filed a 5-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against ‘X’ (formerly Twitter Facebook, and myself. They claimed that because I called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu a criminal, I have somehow committed a set of ‘novel’ offences they invented and spread across five counts.
“It’s hard to believe there’s anyone sensible left in these offices that should be making Nigeria work. Regardless, I will be present whenever this case is assigned for trial. #RevolutionNow.”
According to a previous report, the DSS asked X to remove the contentious tweet, but the human rights activist and 2023 African Action Congress candidate refused to do so.
Restating his stance, Sowore wrote, “This morning, X (formerly Twitter) officially contacted me about the despicable threat letter they received from the lawless DSS over my Tweet on Tinubu. One option I will NOT be taking is deleting that Tweet. Thank you, @X.”
