Sowore sues DSS DG, AGF for N5bn over alleged courtroom abduction

The African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has sued the Department of State Services, its Director-General, Tosin Ajayi, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, over an alleged assault and forcible removal from the Federal High Court in Abuja, Daily Post reports.

In a suit filed on October 13, Sowore is demanding N5 billion in damages over the alleged violation of his fundamental human rights, challenging the actions of DSS operatives during an incident at the court on June 22, 2026. He wants the court to declare the operatives’ actions illegal and unconstitutional, arguing they violated his rights to dignity and personal liberty.

Also joined in the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2480/2026, is DSS Deputy Director Benjamin Bulus, whom Sowore accused of leading the operation. According to the court papers, the incident began after Justice Mohammed Garba Umar ordered Sowore remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending his application for a stay of execution of the order revoking his bail.

Sowore alleged that while he was still awaiting officials from the correctional centre, armed DSS operatives, some hooded, stormed the fourth floor of the court, accosted and assaulted him, and forcibly dragged him to the basement of the complex against his will.