August 31, 2026
Omoyele Sowore
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the government of President Bola Tinubu and the Department of State Services, DSS, to “immediately withdraw all bogus charges against journalist and activist Omoyele Sowore, and end the continuing harassment and intimidation of him over his peaceful exercise of his human rights”.
SERAP said that “the reported decision by the DSS to seek an adjournment of the case until after the 2027 presidential election does not resolve the fundamental problem: the charges should never have been brought in the first place and must now be withdrawn.”
In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “The DSS cannot selectively pause a politically sensitive prosecution for electoral convenience while leaving the bogus charges hanging over Sowore. The appropriate response is to withdraw the charges altogether.”
