Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the no-case submission made by an activist, Omoyele Sowore in the Cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu charge brought against him by the Department of the State Service DSS.

The Court upheld DSS charges against Sowore for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a “criminal” in his Twitter handle and ordered him to enter his defense in the charges against him.

Justice Umar dismissed the ‘No Case Submission” on Friday in a ruling on the application made by the activist.

Sowore had filed the no case submission and prayed the court to discharge and acquit him from the 2-count charge.

In the ruling, Justice Umar held that the DSS had successfully linked Sowore with the alleged offences and prima facie case established against him to warrant his defense in the allegations against him.

Shortly after the ruling, Sowore openly accused the Judge of bias adding that he would not get justice in the court.

He subsequently asked the Judge to hands off from his trial to allow another Judge to conduct the trial.

He alleged that the judge was playing along with the federal government to convict him at all costs so as to prevent him from contesting the 2027 general election.

Sowore’s position was echoed by his lawyer, Marshall Abubakar who pointedly told the Judge of favouring the federal government in the conduct of the trial.

Abubakar asked the Judge to return the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for re-assignment to another judge,

The DSS lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde SAN who had earlier asked the Judge not to grant audience to Sowore but his counsel on record, prayed that the recusal application be discontinued.

In a brief ruling, Justice Umar ordered Sowore to file formal application for recusal request and state his grievances,

The judge subsequently fixed May 19 for the defendant to open his defense and as his application for recusal.

Details later.