Nigeria: Court Rejects Sowore's No-Case Submission, Orders Activist to Open Defence
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar said the prosecution established a prima facie case, and he ordered Sowore to open his defence on May 19.
- On Friday, the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a no-case submission filed by activist Omoyele Sowore in his ongoing cyberbullying trial involving President Bola Tinubu.
- The State Security Service instituted charges after Sowore allegedly labeled Tinubu a "criminal" in social media posts on Twitter and Facebook last year.
- Justice Mohammed Garba Umar ruled that prosecution evidence established a prima facie case sufficiently linking Sowore to the alleged offenses, ordering him to open his defense on May 19.
- Sowore requested that Judge Umar recuse himself, alleging the judge is biased and seeking to prevent his participation in the 2027 general election.
- Judge Umar ordered the defense to file a formal recusal application, while DSS counsel Akinlolu Kehinde SAN argued the trial must proceed as scheduled.
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Nigeria: Court Rejects Sowore's No-Case Submission, Orders Activist to Open Defence
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the no-case submission filed by activist Omoyele Sowore in the cyberbullying case instituted against him by the Department of State Services (DSS) over alleged derogatory remarks about President Bola Tinubu.
Anti-Tinubu Post: You’ve a case to answer, court tells Sowore
orders him to open defence on May 19 By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Friday that activist and former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has a case to answer on a two-count cybercrime charge filed by the Department of State Services (DSS). In a ruling delivered by Justice Mohammed Umar, the court held that the security agency has successfully established a prima facie case, war…
'Cyberbulling': Court Dismisses Sowore's no-case submission
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed the no-case submission made by Omoyele Sowore, publisher and activist, in the charge of Cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu brought against him by the Department of the State Services (DSS). The Court upheld DSS’ charges against Sowore for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a “criminal” in his social media handles. The judge fixed May 19 for Sowore to e…
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