Alleged Cyber-bullying: Sowore Suffers Fourth Loss to DSS, As Court Dismisses Bid To Compel Appearance of DG
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2027 general election, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday, lost his bid to compel the Director General of the Department of
African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore lost his latest attempt to force the Director General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, to testify in person in his trial for cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu. Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed Sowore's application on Monday, rendering it his fourth defeat in this legal battle.
This was not Sowore's first brush with the DSS; the court had previously dismissed his claims that the trial infringes his fundamental human rights and rejected his request for the trial judge's recusal. Sowore's lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide Fusika, SAN, had sought an order compelling Ajayi's attendance to provide testimony regarding the DSS's official actions concerning the cyberbullying case against Sowore.
However, the DSS, represented by Akinlolu Thomas Kehinde, SAN, argued that another DSS official could testify on Ajayi's behalf. Justice Umar ruled that the subpoena was related to an official act of the DSS, meaning the expected testimony would not be personal to Ajayi. Consequently, the court decided that another DSS official could appear to give evidence on the agency's behalf.
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