Omoyele Sowore has been called many names: journalist, activist, troublemaker, dreamer. What nobody can deny is that he refuses to be silenced.
This week, the Department of State Services reportedly asked X (formerly Twitter) to shut down his account. For a government struggling with its image abroad, this is a disastrous move. In a world where free speech is celebrated, attempting to gag a critic through a foreign social media company is not only unconstitutional—it exports Nigeria’s embarrassment.
Sowore’s story is one of relentless harassment. Arrests. Passport seizures. Trumped-up charges. Accusations of terrorism financing. Physical assaults by armed police. And yet, he still finds the courage to declare: “The struggle continues.”
This is not about liking Sowore or agreeing with his politics. It is about the right of Nigerians to speak without fear. Democracies thrive on dissent, not on enforced silence.
If President Bola Tinubu’s administration believes it can muzzle critics, it is walking a dangerous road. History has shown—whether in Nigeria or elsewhere—that voices of resistance rarely die in silence. They grow louder in defiance.
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