A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Friday, May 8, 2026, to rule on the no-case submission filed by Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, in a criminal suit instituted against him by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Mohammed Umar, the presiding judge, fixed the date on Monday after Sowore and the DSS adopted their final written arguments for and against the no-case submission filed on April 21.
Sowore is standing trial on a two-count charge brought against him by the DSS. The charge stems from Sowore’s August 25 post on X, in which he described President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal” while reacting to the president’s remarks on corruption during a trip to Brazil.
Adopting the processes filed alongside the no-case submission at the resumed court session, Marshall Abubakar, counsel to Sowore, told the court that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against his client.
Abubakar argued that the prosecution failed to call vital witnesses to substantiate the allegations.
He urged the court to discharge and acquit his client of the cybercrime charge.
Opposing the no-case submission, the DSS, through its counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, urged the court to dismiss the application and order the defendant to enter his defence.
He argued that the DSS, through its witnesses, had established a prima facie case against the defendant.
After hearing the parties, the judge fixed May 8 to rule on the application.
