Sowore
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, has filed two fundamental rights suits against the Department of State Service (DSS).
In the suits, filed at the federal high court in Abuja, Sowore is challenging the “unconstitutional censorship” of his social media accounts.Tope Temokun, Sowore’s lawyer, said the actions were instituted to restrain the DSS from interfering with his client’s posts and to stop Meta and X from deleting content critical of President Bola Tinubu.Sowore, a former presidential candidate, had on August 25 described Tinubu as a “criminal” while reacting to the president’s comments on corruption during a recent trip to Brazil.
The DSS had earlier written to X, demanding the urgent deactivation of Sowore’s verified account.
Also, in a letter dated September 7 and signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of Adeola Ajayi, the director-general of the DSS, the secret police asked Sowore to retract his post on X and tender a public apology within one week. Thecable
