Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - The Department of the State Service DSS has filed Cybercrime charges against political activist Omoyele Sowore and two others for allegedly making false posts against President Bola Tinubu to cause breakdown of law and order in the country.
The charges filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja has X.
Incorporation (formerly Twitter) and Meta (Facebook) as two other
defendants.
In the 5-count criminal charges Mr Sowore, the convener of
RevolutionNow Protest, was accused of using his official X account to tweet
"This criminal @officialPBAT actually went to Brazil to state that there
is no more corruption under his regime in Nigeria. What audacity to lie shamelessly!"
The alleged offending post was made on August 25.
In count two, Sowore was said to have, on August 26, used
his official page Facebook to share the same message for the purpose of causing
a breakdown of law and order in the country, especially among those who hold
divergent views on the person of President Bola Tinubu.
In count three, Mr Sowore was accused of using his X handle
to publish defamatory material against the personality and reputation of
President Bola Tinubu.
He was said to have committed an offence contrary to section
375 of the Criminal Code.
The Department of the State Service DSS which filed the
charges on behalf of the federal government also accused Sowore of using the
instrumentality of his Facebook platform to publish defamatory material against
the Nigeria’s President.
In count five, the defendant was alleged to have intent to
cause public fear and disturbances published false information against the
reputation of President Bola Tinubu.
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