The Federal High Court, Abuja, presided by Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, has fixed Friday, May 8, 2026, to rule on the no-case submission made by an activist, Omoyele Sowore, in the Cyberbullying of President Bola Tinubu suit, brought against him by the Department of the State Service, DSS.

DSS put Sowore on trial for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a "criminal" in his Twitter handle.

The court fixed the date on Monday after Sowore and DSS adopted their final written arguments for and against the 'no case' submission filed on April 21, 2026, by Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online media platform.

While adopting the processes, filed along with the no case submission, Sowore's counsel, Marshall Abubakar, told the court that the prosecution failed to link his client with the alleged offences.

He applied that the court should dismiss the charge against Sowore, discharge and acquit him from the two-count cyberbullying charge on the ground that prima facie case was not made against him.

The counsel argued that upon the review of the evidence led by the prosecution, so far, the complainant failed to link his client with the charges filed against him for allegedly calling the President a "Criminal".

According to Marshall Abubakar, the prosecution failed to call vital witness which, he said, was fatal to the case of the prosecution.

He prayed the court to grant the 'no-case submission' on the main ground that Sowore was not linked to the two-count charge preferred against him.

While opposing the no-case submission, the DSS through its Counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, said the prosecution filed a response on April 23 in urging the court to refuse the request of Sowore in the no-case application.

The senior lawyer urged the court to order Sowore to enter his defense if he has it on the ground that DSS through its witnesses had established a prima facie case against the defendant.

After the adoption of the processes filed in the matter, the trial judge fixed May 8 for ruling on the no-case submission.

The Department of State Services, DSS, prosecuting Sowore on behalf of the federal government, had amended the Cyberbullying charges brought against the defendant.