The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday rescheduled the arraignment of former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, and two others on cybercrime charges to 27 October.
Sowore and his co-defendants, X and meta incorporated (Facebook) as 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively, were due to be docked for allegedly making false posts about President Bola Tinubu with the intent to cause a breakdown of law and order in the country.
The plaintiff, the Department of State Services in a five-count criminal charge accused Sowore of using his official X handle, @YeleSowore, to abuse president Tinubu.
The charge alleged Sowore said, “This criminal @officialABAT actually went to Brazil to state that there is no more corruption under his regime in Nigeria. What audacity to lie shamelessly!”
The alleged post, said to contravene Section 24(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition and Prevention) Act 2024, was purportedly made on August 25 2025 within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court.
At Tuesday’s sitting when the matter was called, Sowore’s lead counsel, Abubakar Marshall, protested that his client had not received the charge as required by law. He also noted that the second defendant had not been served, and since the case was a joint charge, the arraignment could not proceed.

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