Nigeria, May 5 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja is set to deliver on Tuesday judgement in a defamation suit filed by the State Security Service (SSS) against the civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

SERAP disclosed this in a statement posted to X on Monday.

SSS ( also called the Department of State Service) sued SERAP in October 2024, accusing the non-governmental organisation of falsely claiming that its operatives, in September 2024, invaded its Abuja office.

The SSS filed the suit alongside the two operatives allegedly defamed by SERAP's claim. The operatives are named as co-claimants in the suit as Sarah John and Gabriel Ogundele.

The plaintiffs, who sought N5...