The Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, 19 January, 2026 before a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Mohammed Umar, amended the criminal charge it filed against the 2019 and 2023 presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, and co-defendants over alleged false claim against President Bola Tinubu, reports thegazellenews.com
Sowore is being charged for alleged cyberstalking of President Tinubu using his X handle and Facebook page.
The DSS lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, who told the court shortly after the case was called for commencement of trial, then pleaded that the two-count amended charge be read to Sowore, who is the sole defendant in the fresh charge.
It was gathered that though Sowore, X Incorp (formerly Twitter) and Meta (Facebook) Incorp were earlier named in the charge as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively, in the amended charge, the names of 2nd and 3rd defendants were dropped.
Counsel to Sowore, Marshal Abubakar, did not oppose Kehinde ‘s application that the charge be read to his client for him to take his plea
After the counts were read to Sowore, he pleaded not guilty.
