A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has issued a final warning to the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, over repeated delays in his ongoing criminal defamation trial.
At the hearing on Thursday, the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Umar, warned that the court would foreclose the defence if Sowore or his counsel failed to proceed with the case on the next adjourned date.
The judge issued the warning after Sowore’s lead counsel, Mr Olumide Fusika, was again absent from proceedings.
Sowore’s lawyer, Mr Marshall Abubakar, informed the court that Fusika was still outside the country attending to a family matter, and urged the court to grant another adjournment.
Counsel for the Department of State Services, Mr Akinlolu Kehinde, opposed the application, arguing that the defence had consistently delayed the trial.
