Amnesty International is confronting Nigeria on the questions and basic motives behind its Cyber Crime Act as the international rights group accompanied Omoyele Sowore to court.
“On Monday 19 October 2026 our staff and volunteers were at the Federal High Court Abuja in solidarity with the Prisoner of Conscience Omoyele Sowore… who is facing a sham trail based on bogus charges,” the group said in X handle this morning.
It said that Sowore shouldn’t have been charged in the first place, demanding that government free him without delay and unconditionally. Nigerian authorities must allow their “activists and journalists to freely carry out activities without harassment, intimidation, and fear of reprisal”, the group added, calling Sowore’s prosecution “unfair”.
The Department of State Services (DSS) dragged Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), to court because he criticised President Bola Tinubu and once called him “criminal”. The secret police accused him of inciting public disorder and defaming the president.
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But Amnesty International thought otherwise. Calling on Nigerian authorities to “respect, protect, promote, and fulfil the human rights of everyone in the country, the group insinuated that the cyberstalking section of Cybercrime remains a weapon of oppression in the hand of the elite.