Nigeria, Sept. 17 -- Human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, has sued the State Security Services (SSS) and X's parent company over his post on the social media platform call President Bola Tinubu a criminal.

Mr Sowore announced the lawsuit on Tuesday through his verified Facebook page, although, court filings seen by PREMIUM TIMES show that his lawyer, Tope Temokun, instituted the action on 9 September.

But Mr Sowore made the announcement on Tuesday, a few hours after the Nigerian government filed cybercrimes charges against him, Facebook and X earlier over the contensious social media post against Mr Tinubu.

The SSS had earlier written separate letters to the parent companies of the social media platfo...