The Department of State Services (DSS) has formally written to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, requesting the review and possible deactivation of activist Omoyele Sowore’s account. E247mag reports that the request followed a post made by Sowore on August 26, 2025, in which he criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the president’s trip to Brazil.
According to the letter dated September 7 and signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of the DSS Director-General, the agency alleged that Sowore’s post contained what it described as “misleading information and hate speech.” The DSS cited sections of the Criminal Code Act, the Cybercrimes (Prohibition and Prevention) Act 2025, and the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 as its basis for the request.
The security agency asked Meta’s Lagos office to take action within 24 hours, warning that it could otherwise consider further steps. The development comes shortly after a similar petition was reportedly sent to X (formerly Twitter) over Sowore’s earlier remarks about the president.
Sowore, a former presidential candidate and publisher of Sahara Reporters, has since responded to the DSS move. In a statement shared on his verified X account, he said he viewed the request as an attempt to silence criticism. He also urged the agency to focus more on addressing the country’s growing insecurity.