A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained the Lagos State Police Command and other security agencies from arresting or declaring activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, wanted.
The ruling, delivered by Justice Musa Kakaki, followed an application filed by Sowore after reports surfaced that the police had declared him wanted over undisclosed allegations. The court ordered that the police and other agencies should refrain from harassing or threatening Sowore pending the hearing of his main suit.
The case comes amid another legal battle in Abuja, where the Department of State Services (DSS) filed charges against the activist over an alleged post about President Bola Tinubu on social media. The DSS claimed Sowore violated the Cybercrimes Act by calling the president a criminal in a post made on August 25, 2025.
The security agency asked X (formerly Twitter) and Meta (Facebook) to remove the post and suspend Sowore’s accounts, but the companies reportedly ignored the request. Both platforms were also listed as co-defendants in the suit filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, M. Abubakar.
During the hearing, DSS counsel Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN) sought a bench warrant for Sowore’s arrest, alleging he failed to appear for arraignment. However, Justice Mohammed Umar rejected the request, stating that the case was not ready since X Corporation had not been properly served with court documents.
The court directed that all defendants be served before the next sitting and adjourned the matter to December 2, 2025, for arraignment.