The Department of State Services (DSS) has given human rights activist Omoyele Sowore a one-week ultimatum to retract what it described as a “false, malicious, and inciting” social media post about President Bola Tinubu.
In a letter dated September 7, the DSS accused Sowore of making criminal and derogatory remarks in an August 26 post on X (formerly Twitter), where he referred to the President as a “criminal” and accused him of deceiving Nigerians by claiming corruption no longer existed under his administration.
The DSS warned that failure to comply with the directive would compel the service to “explore all lawful means” to safeguard national security and public order.
According to the agency’s Director of Legal Services, Uwem Davies, Sowore’s remarks had sparked anger among citizens and carried the potential to “incite public disturbance, disunity, and even insurrection.”
Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow protest and a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has yet to publicly respond to the ultimatum.
