Cyberbullying Tinubu: Court fixes May 8 to rule on Sowore’s no-case submission

Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has fixed Friday May 8, 2026 to regularisation connected the no-case submission made by an activist, Omoyele Sowore, successful the complaint brought against him by the Department of the State Service, DSS, for allegedly cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu.

DSS enactment Sowore connected proceedings for allegedly calling Tinubu a “criminal” via his X handle.

The tribunal fixed the day connected Monday aft Sowore and DSS adopted their last written arguments for and against the nary lawsuit submission filed connected April 21, 2026 by Sowore.

While adopting the processes filed on with the nary lawsuit submission, Sowore’s counsel, Marshall Abubakar told the tribunal that the prosecution failed to nexus his lawsuit with the alleged offences.

He applied that the tribunal should disregard the complaint against Sowore, and discharge and acquit him from the two-count cyberbullying complaint connected the crushed that prima facie lawsuit was not made against him.

The counsel argued that upon the reappraisal of the grounds led by the prosecution truthful far, the complainant failed to nexus his lawsuit with the charges filed against him for allegedly calling the President a “criminal”.

According to Marshall Abubakar, the prosecution failed to telephone captious witnesses which helium said was fatal to the lawsuit of the prosecution.

He prayed the tribunal to assistance the ...