The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2027 normal election, Omoyele Sowore, has misplaced his bid to compel the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Tosin Ajayi, to personally seem in courtroom as a witness in his trial.
Sowore is being prosecuted for allegedly cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu.
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Abuja Federal High Court, in a ruling on Monday, dismissed Sowore’s utility.
Justice Umar delivered the ruling on arguments for and towards the subpoena issued to the DSS Director General on the request of the defence.
Sowore, by means of his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide Fusika, SAN, had sought an order of the Federal High Court to compel the DG’s look to testify on official actions of the DSS relating to the cyberbullying case instituted towards him.
However, the DSS, represented by Akinlolu Thomas Kehinde, SAN, opposed the transfer, arguing that one other official of the company may testify on the DG’s behalf.
The lawyer argued that it was absurd for Sowore to be insisting on the DSS DG’s look in courtroom in an motion that was purely official and never private.
He argued that because the DSS has put Sowore on trial, any official delegated by the group can testify for the institution.
In his ruling, Justice Umar held that the subpoena involved an official act of the DSS and that the anticipated testimony was not private to the director normal.
The courtroom consequently dominated that one other DSS official may seem to give proof on the company’s behalf.
Following the ruling, defence counsel, Fusika, referred to as the third defence witness, Michael Jego, an investigating officer with the DSS, to give his proof.
