The federal government has filed new court documents indicating it will rely on televised interviews and online publications involving Bemigho Reno Omokri, aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in the ongoing cyberstalking case against human rights activist Omoyelé Sowore.
The Notice of Additional List of Documents was filed under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, in Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025 before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore was recently re-arraigned on a two-count amended charge of alleged cyberstalking against President Bola Tinubu, to which he pleaded not guilty.
According to the prosecution, the allegations stem from posts Sowore allegedly made on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, describing President Tinubu as a “criminal”. To support its case, the federal government listed two television interviews granted by Omokri—aired on News Central Television and Channels Television’s Politics Today programme—alongside reports published by Vanguard and Punch newspapers in December 2025 and January 2026.
A USB flash drive containing electronic copies of the materials and a Certificate of Compliance under Section 84 of the Evidence Act, 2011, were also included for admissibility of electronic evidence. Omokri personally certified the origin, authenticity and integrity of the electronic materials, confirming they were downloaded from YouTube and online news sites using his Hewlett Packard computer and printed on a Sharp printer.
Omokri further confirmed that the television interviews and online publications were faithfully transferred to the USB flash drive, listed as prosecution exhibits. He verified that the documents were produced in the ordinary course of the computer’s operation and were identical to the originals.
An Affidavit of Service by Kemi Esene of Kehinde & Partners LP confirmed Sowore was personally served with the additional documents on February 3, 2026, including Omokri’s Summary of Witness Statement, the Certificate of Compliance, and Notices of Additional Documents and Witnesses.
The filing signals the prosecution’s focus on media interviews, online publications, and electronic evidence as central to its case, placing statements made in the public domain under judicial review in Sowore’s ongoing trial.
