Defamation: Court spares Sowore arrest warrant, adjourns arraignment till December 2

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday declined to issue an arrest warrant against activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, despite his failure to appear in court for arraignment on charges of criminal defamation.

Sowore is facing five-count defamation charges marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, filed by the Department of State Services against him and two others.

The other two co-defendants in the suit are Meta (Facebook) Inc. and X Corporation (formerly Twitter).

The DSS alleged that Sowore, through posts made on his verified social media accounts, published false and defamatory statements against the agency and some of its senior officials, acts said to have damaged their reputation and breached national security protocols. Punch