This study explored the sociostylistic features of Kole Omotoso's Just before Dawn, a factional exposition of Nigeria’s sociopolitical history, with a view to establishing how language useimpacts national development. The study examined how utterances can communicate a meaning or message which may attract positive or negative feedback or consequences. This qualitative study identified the role of literary imagination in stimulating social consciousness. It highlighted the impact of language use on social context with emphasis on the therapeutic value of language, galvanising efforts towards national socioeconomic development. With findings that stress the substantial influence of language on national development, the study concluded that a sociostylistic analysis of the verbal exchange taken from Just before Dawn enhances a better understanding of the 345-page narrative, and how a distortion of meaning or intention may result in sociopolitical upheavals capable of scaring potential investors and tourists, thereby adversely affecting Nigeria’s economic fortunes. The study underscored the discourse value of sociostylistics, highlighting the therapeutic value of language, showing how language shapes and reshapes perceptions of ideas and world views.It recommended further examinations of the sociostylistic features of literary texts to identify the interplay of art, ideological framework and social consciousness manifested in them.