A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday admitted as evidence a video clip in which former presidential aide and ambassadorial nominee, Reno Omokri, described President Bola Tinubu as a “drug lord,” in the ongoing cyberstalking trial of human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore.
Justice Mohammed Umar admitted the video after overruling objections raised by counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN. The court held that the defence met the statutory requirements for tendering electronically generated evidence in line with Section 84 of the Evidence Act.
The video was tendered during the cross-examination of the first prosecution witness (PW1), a DSS operative, Cyril Nosike, by Sowore’s counsel, Marshal Abubakar. The prosecution had opposed the admissibility of the clip, but the court ruled in favour of the defence.
Sowore is facing a two-count charge bordering on cyberstalking under Section 24 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2024, over social media posts allegedly describing President Tinubu as a “criminal.”
