Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher Omoyele Sowore has written to X (formerly Twitter), countering a demand by the State Security Services (SSS) for the deletion of one of his posts and deactivation of his account.

Mr Sowore's legal team, which authored the letter on his behalf on Sunday, described the SSS request sent to X early Sunday as "unlawful, unconstitutional, and without legal foundation."

In a letter shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, Mr Sowore's lawyers, led by human rights lawyer Tope Temokun, sent a letter to X's legal and policy team titled, 'RE: Request by the Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS) to Remove Content Posted by Omoyele Sowore.'

"We write to formally state that suc...