The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the arraignment of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, until Oct. 27.
By Taiye Agbaje
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the arraignment of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, until Oct. 27.
Justice Mohammed Umar adjourned the matter on Tuesday to afford Sowore adequate facility to prepare for his defence.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in 2019 and 2023, is facing a five-count charge.
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Federal Government’s behalf, had sued Sowore, X Incorp. (formerly Twitter) and Meta (Facebook) Incorp. as 1st to 3rd defendants respectively.
The charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, was dated Sept. 16.
Sowore was alleged to have made a false claim against the person of President Bola Tinubu by referring to him as “a criminal” on his X and Facebook accounts.
When the matter was called on Tuesday, Sowore was in court, as well as counsel for Meta.
However, there was no representation for X.
The DSS counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, applied that the charge be read to the defendants so they could take their plea.
But Sowore’s lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, opposed the application.
The lawyer said the court bailiff was yet to effect the service of the charge on his client.
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