The Department of State Service (DSS) on Sunday ordered immediate suspension of the case it instituted against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, over alleged cyber-bullying. The secret police explained that its decision became imperative in order to allow the renowned activist to participate fully in the ongoing campaign for the forthcoming Presidential […]
The Department of State Service (DSS) on Sunday ordered immediate suspension of the case it instituted against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, over alleged cyber-bullying.
The secret police explained that its decision became imperative in order to allow the renowned activist to participate fully in the ongoing campaign for the forthcoming Presidential election that has kicked off.
Daily Trust reports that the DSS had approached a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to determine if it was proper for Sowore to allegedly cyber-bully President Bola Tinubu.
The Presidential candidate of AAC had on August 25, 2025 in a post on his X handle and Facebook page, referred to the president as a “criminal.”
The secret police stated that Sowore matter was to seek judicial interpretation on the propriety of arbitrarily calling Tinubu or any individual a criminal, same way it approached the court to rule on the legality of Professor Pat Utomi’s “Shadow Government.”
The DSS, in a letter dated September 6th, 2025 and addressed to the chairman of Meta Corp, stated that, aside from protecting the President from physical threats, it is also, by law, empowered to protect him from psychological attacks.
After Sowore’s posts, the DSS gave him seven days to pull them down.
After the expiration of the ultimatum, and the politician still refused to pull down the posts, the secret police, without inviting or arresting him, on September 16, 2025, approached the court for adjudication.
Giving an update regarding Sowore’s matter on Sunday, a senior official within the secret police told Daily Trust that his case would continue until after the next presidential election slated for January 16, 2027.
The official said the agency had instructed its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, to take steps to suspend further actions pending the conclusion of the next presidential election.
According to the source, the Director-General of the DSS, Tosin Ajayi, met with the senior lawyer and top officers of the DSS legal directorate on August 20, a day after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officially lifted the ban on presidential campaigns.
He said the meeting centred on consideration to pause the court case to enable Sowore fully exercise his right to contest the upcoming presidential election.
The official said, “The DSS boss reportedly told the Senior Advocate and his directorate of legal services that, with the commencement of presidential campaigns, it would only be fair to pause the court case.
“This is in order to enable Sowore fully participate in the upcoming elections without let or hindrance. The DSS boss told the lawyers that, since the matter had been in court for nearly a year, suspending it for another four months wouldn’t make much difference.”
The official added that the position of the DSS on suspending the matter with Sowore is expected to be formally communicated to the Federal High Court from Monday, September 14, 2026, when the court is expected to resume normal sittings after returning from annual judicial vacation.
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