Sowore slams N5bn suit against DSS DG, AGF over alleged abduction inside court

The African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has sued the Department of State Services, DSS, its Director-General, Tosin Ajayi, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Lateef Fagbemi, over an alleged assault and forcible removal from the Federal High Court in Abuja.

In a suit filed on October 13, 2026, Sowore is demanding N5 billion in damages over the alleged violation of his fundamental human rights.

The human rights activist is challenging the actions of DSS operatives during an incident at the court on June 22, 2026.

He wants the court to declare the action illegal and unconstitutional, arguing that the operatives violated his rights to dignity and personal liberty.

Also joined in the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2480/2026, are the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and DSS Deputy Director Benjamin Bulus, whom Sowore accused of leading the operation.

According to the court papers, the incident began after Justice Mohammed Garba Umar ordered that Sowore be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of his application for a stay of execution of the order revoking his bail and the bench warrant issued against him.

Sowore said he was still waiting for officials of the correctional centre to take him into custody when armed DSS operatives stormed the fourth floor of the court building.

He alleged that the operatives, some of whom were hooded men and women, accosted and assaulted him before forcibly dragging him to the basement of the court complex against his will.