The Department of State Services (DSS) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to foreclose the defence of Omoyele Sowore in his ongoing cybercrime trial, accusing the publisher and former presidential candidate of repeatedly delaying proceedings.
The DSS is prosecuting Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, over alleged criminal defamation, cyberstalking and incitement charges arising from social media posts in which he described President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal.”
Sowore has denied the allegations.
At Monday’s proceedings before Justice Mohammed Umar, defence counsel Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika sought an adjournment, explaining that an application filed on July 22 for the court to certify documents intended for use in examining a subpoenaed DSS witness had only been discovered to have been approved shortly before the court session.
“We filed an application on 22nd July, 2026, and were told that Your Lordship had not approved it. We only discovered that the court approved it on 27th July, a few minutes before the court began sitting,” Olumide-Fusika told the court, attributing the delay to the court registry.
Counsel to the DSS, Akinlolu Kehinde, opposed the request, arguing that the defence had adopted a deliberate strategy to prolong the trial despite the prosecution producing a nominated officer to testify on behalf of the Director-General of the DSS, as previously agreed.
“The prosecution has fulfilled its obligation by producing the witness. The repeated delays amount to a deliberate attempt to stall the proceedings, and the court should foreclose the defence and direct parties to
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