DSS asks court to end Sowore’s defence after repeated delays

The Department of State Services (DSS) has asked the Federal High Court successful Abuja to foreclose the defence of Omoyele Sowore successful his ongoing cybercrime trial, accusing the steadfast and erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner of repeatedly delaying proceedings.

The DSS is prosecuting Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) statesmanlike candidate, implicit alleged transgression defamation, cyberstalking and incitement charges arising from societal media posts successful which helium described President Bola Tinubu arsenic a “criminal.” 

Sowore has denied the allegations.

At Monday’s proceedings earlier Justice Mohammed Umar, defence counsel Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika sought an adjournment, explaining that an exertion filed connected July 22 for the tribunal to certify documents intended for usage successful examining a subpoenaed DSS witnesser had lone been discovered to person been approved soon earlier the tribunal session.

“We filed an exertion connected 22nd July, 2026, and were told that Your Lordship had not approved it. We lone discovered that the tribunal approved it connected 27th July, a fewer minutes earlier the tribunal began sitting,” Olumide-Fusika told the court, attributing the hold to the tribunal registry.

Counsel to the DSS, Akinlolu Kehinde, opposed the request, arguing that the defence had adopted a deliberate strategy to prolong the proceedings contempt the prosecution producing a nominated serviceman to testi...