Court fixes November dates for trial in Gbajabiamila’s N15bn defamation suit

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory successful Abuja has fixed November 9, 10 and 13 for the commencement of proceedings successful the N15 cardinal defamation suit filed by Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, against Adeniyi Adeyemi, Director-General of the arguable Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).

The dates were fixed connected Thursday by Justice Samira Bature aft lawyers disagreed implicit Adeyemi’s petition for much clip to record his defence.

At the resumed hearing, Kemi Pinheiro and Olukayode Enitan, counsel to Gbajabiamila, opposed an exertion by M.P. Usman, lawyer to Adeyemi, for an hold of clip to record his defence.

Usman told the tribunal that helium filed a memorandum of quality connected Wednesday, October 14, and needed much clip to respond to the suit.

Pinheiro argued that Adeyemi was served with the tribunal papers connected July 30, 2026, and that the clip allowed for filing a defence had expired successful September.

He said the lawsuit should not beryllium delayed further due to the fact that the integrity of a nationalist serviceman was involved. Gbajabiamila’s lawyers besides asked the tribunal to hole 3 dates to alteration their lawsuit to unfastened and adjacent his case.

Justice Bature subsequently fixed November 9, 10 and 13 for definite trial.

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