Sowore Warns DSS DG Ajayi: ‘They Will Bring You In Handcuffs To This Court To Testify’ | Sahara Reporters

He identified the DSS Director-General as a necessary witness for the defence.

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has warned the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, to “toe the path of honour” by respecting a subpoena and appearing in person to testify in the ongoing cyberbullying trial against him.

Sowore, who spoke in Abuja on Friday after proceedings in the case, said his defence team would take all necessary legal steps to compel Ajayi to appear before the court.

He identified the DSS Director-General as a necessary witness for the defence.

The case centres on Sowore’s description of President Bola Tinubu as a criminal.

Sowore maintained that it is the prerogative of the defence to determine how it would present its case and which witnesses it considers necessary.

He said Ajayi’s appearance is crucial because, according to him, the DSS Director-General is the custodian of information relevant to issues arising from the case.

Sowore also alleged that the prosecution had initially reached an understanding with the defence regarding Ajayi’s appearance but later withdrew from the agreement.

“What they have now come to say is that whatever understanding we had with the Attorney-General has been repudiated,” he said.

“The last time, they said it was not their responsibility to bring a real witness to court. Now we are making it their business to bring a real witness to court, and they are saying that person cannot come.”

The AAC presidential candidate further alleged that the intervention of the Attorney-General of the Federation was aimed at preventing the DSS Director-General from appearing personally before the court.

“They brought the Attorney-General to come and blackball us into not bringing in the DG because they knew if the DG comes, we would expose him for who he is,” Sowore alleged.

Sowore also questioned the prosecution’s opposition to Ajayi’s appearance, insisting that the defence, rather than the prosecution, had identified the DSS chief as a necessary witness.

“Ajayi is our witness. He is not the prosecution’s witness. So the prosecution cannot be doing our case for us. That is dangerous,” he said.

He added: “I mean, Ajayi will be sued. That is dangerous. They will bring him in handcuffs to this court to come and testify, you know, because he is our witness.”

Sowore also expressed concern over the court’s refusal to allow the defence to formally file its response to the application concerning Ajayi’s appearance.

According to him, the defence should have been allowed to file its own processes, cite additional authorities and present evidence challenging the prosecution’s position.

“The judge is saying that he will rule next Tuesday as to whether the DG should come. But what is a little bit sketchy for me is that the judge will not allow us to officially file our own opposition to the matter,” Sowore said.