A federal high court in Abuja has refused to issue a warrant for the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher and human rights activist.
The Department of State Services (DSS) filed a five-count charge against Sowore on September 23.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, also lists X Corp (formerly Twitter) and Meta (Facebook) as co-defendants.
The charges stem from Sowore’s August 25 post on X, where he described President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal” while reacting to the president’s remarks on corruption during a trip to Brazil.
Before the filing, the DSS had written to X demanding the suspension of Sowore’s account and asked him to retract his post and tender a public apology in national media within a week.