DSS witness testifies, provides evidence in Sowore trial

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The Federal Government on Thursday opened its case against activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, over alleged cyberbullying of President Bola Tinubu, with a Department of State Services operative testifying before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Sowore is standing trial in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, before Justice Mohammed Umar, following a post he allegedly made on social media in August 2025.

Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), the first prosecution witness, Cyril Nosike, told the court that he is a DSS operative attached to the agency’s cyberspace monitoring centre.

Nosike said his responsibility includes monitoring online activities 24 hours a day.

He told the court that on August 26, 2025, he monitored posts allegedly made by Sowore on his X and Facebook accounts.

According to the witness, one of the posts read: “This criminal @officialABAT actually went to Brazil to say that there is NO MORE corruption under his regime in Nigeria. What an audacity to lie shamelessly.”

Nosike said the handle @officialABAT belongs to President Tinubu, Nigeria’s President and Commander-in-Chief. Punch