The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to accept certain documents presented by activist Omoyele Sowore’s legal team in his trial over alleged cyberstalking of President Bola Tinubu.
Sowore faces two charges related to a social media post made on August 25, 2025, in which he called the President a “criminal” following Tinubu’s statement in Brazil that corruption had ended in Nigeria.
During proceedings, Sowore’s lawyer, Marshal Abubakar, tried to submit online publications allegedly showing that Tinubu made critical remarks about former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo in 2011.
The defence said these documents were needed to show inconsistencies in Tinubu’s statements on corruption.
Justice Mohammed Umar ruled that the documents could not be admitted through the prosecution’s witness, a Department of State Services (DSS) officer, who said he had no knowledge of their contents.
The judge said that since the witness did not create or acknowledge the materials, they could not be used as evidence.
Other documents that the defence sought to present, including reports of alleged ongoing corruption and arrests of public officials, were also rejected.
The DSS witness said he could not confirm Nigeria’s ranking on global corruption indices or verify social media claims made by individuals against Tinubu.
The prosecution, led by Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), argued that the documents were irrelevant to the cyberstalking charges and did not meet legal standards for electronic evidence.
The court agreed and ruled the materials inadmissible, narrowing the scope of Sowore’s defence.
The judge adjourned the case to March 5, 2026, for further hearing after the defence requested time to continue cross-examination.
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