Benue court begins process towards trial of Al-Jazirah correspondent

A Benue State High Court sitting successful Makurdi has fixed October 22 for the pre-trial league successful the lawsuit involving Al-Jazirah paper analogous successful Benue, Henry Ibya.

Justice Shishi adjourned the substance on Wednesday after it emerged that not each documents filed by the defence had been received by the court, making it intolerable to proceed with the scheduled hearing.

The justice subsequently directed the parties to regularise their filings up of the pre-trial conference.

Speaking with journalists aft the sitting, 1 of Ibya’s defence lawyers, O.A. Alu explained that the pre-trial league would alteration some parties to place and constrictive the issues successful dispute, resoluteness uncontested matters and hole the lawsuit for substantive hearing.

The lawsuit arose from a petition reportedly filed by Terna Abuul, said to beryllium the Director of ICT astatine Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, implicit a work allegedly authored by the journalist.

Following the petition, the constabulary instituted transgression charges against Ibya, including alleged cyberstalking, earlier a Chief Magistrate Court successful Makurdi.

The High Court’s latest ruling paves the mode for the pre-trial signifier earlier the commencement of the substantive hearing.

Ibya is besides facing different ineligible proceedings arising from the aforesaid pe...