DSS has charged Omoyele Sowore, X, and Meta over posts critical of President Tinubu, after he refused to delete them.
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 @officialABAT a criminal, I have somehow committed a set of “novel”… pic.twitter.com/2X6Ki2U8H1
— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) September 16, 2025
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count charge against former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, alongside X Corp and Meta Incorporation, over posts critical of President Bola Tinubu.
The case, dated September 16, 2025, was lodged at the Federal High Court in Abuja after Sowore allegedly refused to delete the posts. The charges were filed on behalf of the DSS and the Federal Government by M.B. Abubakar, Director of Public Prosecutions at the Ministry of Justice, and four DSS lawyers.
Confirming the development, Sowore wrote on Facebook: “They claimed that because I called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu a criminal, I have somehow committed a set of ‘novel’ offences.” He vowed to attend the trial.
X also confirmed receiving a request from the DSS but stated it had “not taken any action on the reported content.”