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Alleged Cyberstalking: Sowore Tenders Video Of Reno Omokri, Confirmed As Ambassador, Calling Tinubu ‘International Drug Baron’ In Court


Sowore is standing trial for allegedly cyberstalking President Tinubu and calling him a “criminal,” in a case brought by the Department of State Services (DSS).

Human rights activist and former AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday presented a video in which former presidential aide Reno Omokri referred to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as an “international drug baron” during proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Sowore is standing trial for allegedly cyberstalking President Tinubu and calling him a “criminal,” in a case brought by the Department of State Services (DSS).

At the resumed hearing before Justice Mohammed Umar, defence counsel Abubakar Marshal commenced cross-examination of the prosecution’s first witness, Cyril Nosike (PW1), a DSS operative.

During cross-examination, Marshal questioned the witness on whether the DSS, as part of its statutory duties, conducts security and background checks on individuals nominated for sensitive positions such as ambassadors, ministers, and judges. Nosike responded that he was not aware if the service carried out such assignments.

The witness was further asked why the DSS cleared Reno Omokri for an ambassadorial nomination despite calling President Tinubu an “international drug baron.”

Nosike stated that he could not explain the reason for Omokri’s clearance.

Nosike also surprised the court when questioned about a public statement made by President Tinubu, in which the President said he would protect the constitutional right of any Nigerian to insult, abuse, or call him names.

When asked whether he was aware of such a statement, the witness offered no definitive response.

Marshal then queried why the DSS proceeded to file charges against Sowore if the President had publicly committed to protecting free speech rights under the Constitution.

Following this, the defence sought the court’s permission to admit two video clips as evidence: one showing Omokri’s “international drug baron” comment, and another showing President Tinubu affirming the public’s right to freely criticize him.

Counsel for the DSS, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, objected to the move, arguing that the defence was “playing to the gallery” and that the questions were unnecessary.

He further opposed the admissibility of the video evidence on the grounds that the individual who produced the videos was not listed as a witness and therefore could not tender them in court.

Kehinde urged the court to reject the evidence, cautioning against what he described as an attempt to “smuggle” the videos into the proceedings.

In a bench ruling, Justice Umar, after briefly examining the relevance of the materials in line with the Evidence Act 2023 admitted the video clips as exhibits.

The case was adjourned to February 4, 2026, for continuation of cross-examination.

In December 2025, the Senate confirmed 64 ambassadorial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, including Reno Omokri.

The confirmation came after the President’s nominations were considered and a report from the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs was adopted, which stated that all nominees had been screened and deemed suitable for appointment.

Putindbutt:
Lol, Sowore will lose in court and go to jail. Reno has publicly admitted that whatever he said against Tinubu in the past changed after the Supreme Court cleared him of those false allegations. DSS will present the video as counter evidence. Dummy..Dummy..Sowore

So, you were yapping gutters because someone else too dey yab am, now the person you dey use as evidence don carry you handicap. Lol.
You, Sowore will not escape jail.

helinues:
How is that relevant to the 2027 political calculation?

Putindbutt:
Maybe you were living under a rock when Supreme Court dismissed all those stewpeed allegations by Atiku and Obi in their election petitions against the President.

jmoore:
How is your breathing relevant to 2043 Political calculation?

Simple reading you can't read.

Putindbutt:
Keep quoting me, I won't quote you back. After blocking me. Now, you're pretending, trying to have a discussion with me. You and Rac00n, you blocked me. I won't block you guys, I'm bigger than that but thinking I will mention you, you will grow old waiting.

Putindbutt:
To me, it's seun and his bot that's saving them. I will give it back to them, I don't give a F about them.

Putindbutt:
Lol, Sowore will lose in court and go to jail. Reno has publicly admitted that whatever he said against Tinubu in the past changed after the Supreme Court cleared the President of those false allegations. DSS will also present the video as counter evidence. Dummy..Dummy..Sowore

So, you were yapping gutters because someone else too dey yab am, now the person you dey use as evidence don carry you handicap. Lol.
You, Sowore will not escape jail.

helinues:
Bro, how is it logical for some of those people to still be attacking some of us that have been active for over a decade on this forum. I mean everyday attack.

Why are some of they just so bitter about political discussion. Imagine with the blocking feature make some of those trollers still be wasting their time creating new monikers to troll others.

We have never agreed on anything. We have respected it by not attacking some of them that have been active for years yet they want to be attacking us daily.

That Racoon guy is on permanent blocking. They are not interested in allowing others to express their opinion

Ofunaofu:
Can you avail us with the CTC of the supreme court judgement

Putindbutt:
Pay me and I will provide it for you. If you are too lazy to go get copies from your LP lawyers or Atiku's team. Each party received its own CTC, so why bothering me?.

Ofunaofu:
nobody needs to pay you for a CTC to understand basic facts.

Tinubu forfeited over $460,000 to the U.S. government after it was established the funds were linked to narcotics, that part is on record and not propaganda’.

And let’s be very clear: the Nigerian Supreme Court judgment did not ‘clear’ Tinubu of being a drug baron. The court only ruled on constitutional qualification, not on U.S. drug forfeiture cases

A CTC can’t rewrite U.S. court records, and it can’t turn a narcotics-linked forfeiture into innocence

Putindbutt:
Lol, Sowore will lose in court and go to jail. Reno has publicly admitted that whatever he said against Tinubu in the past changed after the Supreme Court cleared the President of those false allegations. DSS will also present the video as counter evidence. Dummy..Dummy..Sowore

So, you were yapping gutters because someone else too dey yab am, now the person you dey use as evidence don carry you handicap. Lol.
You, Sowore will not escape jail.

helinues:
Engaging with some of those people is like talking to a wood. I don't hesitate to block them with any slight attack.

Why should they be having the mentality of if someone is not supporting what they support, then the person can never make sense nor progress in life. Pay attention to their reasoning when engaging with you

Bro, imagine accusing you of receiving N30K monthly stipend for supporting government. N30K. What sort of mentality is that?

The other day, one created a thread asking people to give reasons why things will remain stagnant in Nigeria in the next 20 years with money rewards. Like the person created a thread to project doom future predictions for Nigeria. Tell me what could have brought such thought to start with

ablejesus26:
Hahaha hahaha, Reno knows that you are destined to be a zombie all your days on earth so you must believe his bullcrap.

Putindbutt:
Bro, I can't be bothered about their tears, to them, everybody is hungry and collecting money, even Obi Cubana is hungry, the Governors joining APC are hungry and collecting money.


But the same fraud that was openly sharing money to voters, suddenly became a saint who no dey give shishi in 2023 because they wanted to package him to Nigerians. That's why many of us will not associate with that fraud group. They could only deceive the GenZ on social media.

Putindbutt:
Lol, Sowore will lose in court and go to jail. Reno has publicly admitted that whatever he said against Tinubu in the past changed after the Supreme Court cleared the President of those false allegations. DSS will also present the video as counter evidence. Dummy..Dummy..Sowore

So, you were yapping gutters because someone else too dey yab am, now the person you dey use as evidence don carry you handicap. Lol.
You, Sowore will not escape jail.

Putindbutt:
Lol, Sowore will lose in court and go to jail. Reno has publicly admitted that whatever he said against Tinubu in the past changed after the Supreme Court cleared the President of those false allegations. DSS will also present the video as counter evidence. Dummy..Dummy..Sowore

So, you were yapping gutters because someone else too dey yab am, now the person you dey use as evidence don carry you handicap. Lol.
You, Sowore will not escape jail.

Putindbutt:
Lol, Sowore will lose in court and go to jail. Reno has publicly admitted that whatever he said against Tinubu in the past changed after the Supreme Court cleared the President of those false allegations. DSS will also present the video as counter evidence. Dummy..Dummy..Sowore

So, you were yapping gutters because someone else too dey yab am, now the person you dey use as evidence don carry you handicap. Lol.
You, Sowore will not escape jail.