Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, has dismissed allegations that he is deliberately delaying the criminal trial of activist and politician Omoyele Sowore, insisting that every adjournment in the matter was caused by circumstances beyond the defence team’s control.
Speaking in a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, Olumide-Fusika accused the prosecution of attempting to create the impression that the defence was frustrating the proceedings through what he described as “trying the case in the media”.
The senior lawyer, who represents Sowore in the case alleging cyberstalking, criminal defamation and incitement, insisted that he did not employ delay tactics and accepted only cases in which he believed there was a viable defence.
“Those who know me know that I don’t engage in frivolities. If there is no merit in a case, you won’t see me in court,” Olumide-Fusika asserted.
He rejected claims that the defence was deploying unnecessary courtroom tactics, stressing that his primary duty was to secure justice for his client through evidence and legal arguments.
