‘Allow judicial process run its course’ – Lawyer faults reports on medical doctor’s trial

Marvin Omorogbe, the lawyer representing an Abuja aesculapian practitioner, Dr. John Abebe, successful an alleged IVF fraud case, has condemned what helium described arsenic prejudicial reports connected the trial.

Abebe, of Joje Fertility Centre Limited, is being prosecuted by the Inspector General of Police, IGP.

Omorogbe, founding spouse astatine Deji Adeyanju & Partners, successful a connection issued connected behalf of Abebe, expressed interest implicit what helium described arsenic a “coordinated media campaign” portraying Abebe arsenic blameworthy contempt the information that the is substance inactive earlier a competent court.

He described the communicative successful the nationalist concerning the proceedings arsenic misleading and prejudicial.

The connection noted that the case, successful which Mr. Adamu Hassan Turaki is the nominal complainant, is presently pending earlier the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court.

According to the lawyer, respective reports circulating online person misrepresented what transpired during tribunal proceedings, prejudicing nationalist sentiment against the defendant, Abebe.

While acknowledging the law relation of the media successful reporting judicial proceedings, Omorogbe observed that immoderate of the publications ignored the cardinal rule of presumption of innocence arsenic guaranteed nether the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

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