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
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