African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that he will emerge as Nigeria’s President after the 2027 general election.
Sowore made the declaration while reacting to the decision by the Department of State Services (DSS) to seek an adjournment of the cybercrime case against him until after the 2027 presidential election.
The DSS has directed its counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, to seek the adjournment, saying the move would allow Sowore to participate fully in the electoral process.
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Reacting to the development, Sowore said he would no longer be dealing with the case after the election, claiming that President Bola Tinubu and DSS Director-General, Tosin Ajayi, would no longer be in their current positions.
“You won’t be taking my case anywhere after the 2027 election because both Bola Tinubu, on whose behalf you instituted these ridiculous charges, and Tosin Ajayi, the deeply insecure DG of the DSS who initiated these farcical cybercrime charges against me, will be gone after the election.
“The political persecution will end, the abuse of state institutions will end, and those who weaponized public institutions against political opponents will have to answer for their actions.
“After the 2027 election, Sowore will be the President of Nigeria.
“No going back!”
The DSS case followed social media posts made by Sowore in August 2025 in which he referred to Tinubu as a “criminal”. The agency subsequently approached the Federal High Court seeking a judicial determination on whether such a description constituted cyber-bullying.
The proposed adjournment is expected to be formally presented to the Federal High Court when it resumes normal sittings on September 14, 2026, after its annual judicial vacation.