Court dismisses Sowore’s suit against DSS, others over false post on Tinubu

A Federal High Court successful Abuja has dismissed a cardinal rights enforcement suit filed by person and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, against the Department of State Services (DSS), its Director-General, and Meta Platforms Incorporated (formerly Facebook).

Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, successful a judgement connected Thursday, resolved the 3 issues identified for determination against Sowore, declined to assistance immoderate of the reliefs sought, and proceeded to disregard the suit for being without merit.

Sowore had claimed, successful the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1887/2025, that the determination by Meta Incorporated, acting connected the acquisition of the DSS and its DG, to instrumentality down a station helium made astir President Bola Tinubu and deactivate his Facebook relationship was unlawful.

He had, connected August 26, 2025, published a station connected his Facebook relationship successful which helium referred to President Bola Tinubu arsenic a “criminal.”

In the post, Sowore said: “This transgression really went to Brazil to authorities that determination is nary much corruption successful Nigeria. What audacity to prevarication shamelessly!”

Sowore argued that the determination by Meta Incorporated, allegedly acting connected the directive of the DSS and its DG, to instrumentality down his station and deactivate his relationship without proceeding from him contravened his rights to just hearing, state of expression, and state of association.

Justice Umar, in...