Publicist and publisher Omoyele Sowore has received an ultimatum from the Department of State Services (DSS).
When Sowore posted on X (previously Twitter) on August 26, 2025, the DSS accused him of making “criminal and derogatory” remarks against the President.
Sowore was given a week’s notice by DSS to take down what it called a “false, malicious, and inciting” social media post regarding President Bola Tinubu.
The DSS accused Sowore of making “criminal and derogatory” remarks against the President in a post on X (previously Twitter) on August 26, 2025, in a letter dated September 7, 2025.
In the article, Sowore, a pro-democracy activist and former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, called Tinubu a “criminal” for fabricating claims that corruption had stopped during his rule.
According to Uwem Davies, the Director of Legal Services for the DSS, the comments had infuriated the public and might “incite public disturbance, disunity, and even insurrection.” The DSS threatened to “explore all lawful means” to safeguard public order and national security if its requests were not met.
Letter to sowore read ;
“Your choice of words in the description of the President are false, malicious, and capable of inciting public disturbance, disunity, and breakdown of law and order.
These statements are to say the least capable of causing insurrection, as they are odious, repugnant, derogatory, and uncomplimentary towards a person occupying the highest office of this country,”
See the post below ;
6th September, 2025
The Chairman and CEO X Corp. Bastrop County,
Texas USA Email: press@x.com
RE: MISLEADING INFORMATION AND WILLFUL, INTENTION TO
FURTHERING AN IDEOLOGY CAPABLE OF SERIOUS HARM,
INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE, CYBER CRIME, HATE SPEECH TO DISCREDIT/DISPARAGE THE PRESIDENT… pic.twitter.com/f4kAxt6Vop— Department of State Services (DSS) (@OfficialDSSNG) September 7, 2025
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