Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, claims authorities charged him with slander after he refused to apologise to President Bola Tinubu.
Sowore told journalists shortly after his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday that he would never apologise to the President.
According to the activist, President Tinubu should apologise to the Nigerian people for running for a position he “is not qualified for.”
He said, “Someone told me that the reason they’re charging me is because I refused to apologise to President Tinubu. For what? Did I apologise to Buhari?
“He’s the one that should be apologizing on a daily basis for presenting himself as a person who is not worthy of to lead Nigeria.
“They say my crime is that I called him a criminal. Atiku called him a forger and a drug baron yesterday. Let them go and carry Atiku.”
SSS asks court to foreclose Sowore’s defence
The State Security Service (SSS) requested the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, on Monday to close Omoyele Sowore’s defence for allegedly impeding his ongoing trial.
The SSS counsel, Akinloku Kehinde, SAN, filed the application before Justice Mohammed Umar after Mr Sowore’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, requested an adjournment in the case.
When the clerk called the case, Mr Olumide-Fusika informed the court that the defence was set to continue.
He stated that sources had reliably informed him that a witness was present in court based on the subpoena issued to the Director-General of the SSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi.
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Backstory…
The latest remarks come amid an ongoing legal dispute between human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore and President Bola Tinubu over alleged defamatory statements.
The case has drawn significant public attention, with supporters of both men framing it as either a defence of personal reputation or a test of free speech and political criticism in Nigeria.
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