Chris Okafor: Actress Doris Ogala’s absence stalls trial

The arraignment of Nigerian actress, Doris Ogala, astatine the Federal High Court successful Ikoyi, Lagos, has been stalled owed to her lack successful court.

Ogala is facing a four-count complaint bordering connected work of idiosyncratic materials of the laminitis of Grace Nation Bible Ministry, Pastor Chris Okafor, cyberbullying and harassment, attempted extortion, and dissemination of inciting and mendacious accusation to incriminate the cleric.

At the proceeding connected Thursday, Tolulope Mokuola, the prosecuting counsel, applied for a seat warrant to compel Ogala’s appearance, citing her nonaccomplishment to be contempt being served with a proceeding notice.

Opposing the application, Temiloluwa Akindayini, the defence counsel, told the tribunal that Ogala underwent country connected Tuesday and is presently recuperating successful Abia State.

Akindayini added that an affidavit deposing Ogala’s aesculapian information was filed earlier the tribunal connected April 22, 2026.

In response, the authoritative faulted the defence for not serving the affidavit and for not notifying the prosecution successful beforehand of the alleged surgery.

However, successful his ruling, Justice Akintayo Aluko declined the prosecution’s exertion for a seat warrant and directed that the histrion indispensable beryllium contiguous successful tribunal for arraignment connected June 9, 2026, the adjournment date.

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