AAC rejects DSS suspension of Sowore’s case, gives reason
The African Action Congress (AAC) has rejected reports indicating that the Department of State Services (DSS) has suspended the prosecution of its 2027 presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Rex Elanu, the AAC urged the DSS to cease the prosecution against Sowore immediately. This demand arises after reports surfaced suggesting that the DSS had decided to suspend the case until after the upcoming presidential election.
The DSS had reportedly instructed its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to halt the alleged cyberbullying case against Sowore during this election period. This development follows a meeting between the DSS Director-General, Tosin Ajayi, senior legal counsel, and other officials from the agency’s legal directorate.
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The AAC argues that the reported suspension does not adequately resolve the issue. The party asserts that Nigerian criminal procedure does not allow for the indefinite suspension of a criminal trial.
In its statement, the AAC expressed dissatisfaction with the situation, stating, “We do not consider the purported suspension of this needless case to be good news. In fact, there is no provision known to us in Nigerian criminal procedure that empowers a prosecutor simply to ‘suspend’ a criminal trial and leave it hanging over an accused person indefinitely. The proper course is to discontinue the prosecution.”
The AAC characterized the latest developments as a delayed recognition that the prosecution had become a political liability for the DSS and the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
