Tinubu cyberbullying trial: Sowore writes court, begs for adjournment

The proceedings of the statesmanlike campaigner of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, earlier a Federal High Court successful Abuja for allegedly cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu was stalled connected Thursday owing to his lack and a missive helium wrote praying for an adjournment.

At the notation of the case, prosecuting lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, noted that the suspect was absent successful court.

Defence lawyer, T. O. Etonyeaku, who said she was holding the little of Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, told the tribunal that Sowore travelled to Ekiti State for his statesmanlike run activities.

Etonyeaku prayed the tribunal for a stand-down to alteration different elder lawyer, who was earlier successful tribunal earlier the commencement of proceedings, to get and behaviour the lawsuit of the defence.

The judge, Justice Mohammed Umar, drew some lawyers' attraction to a missive written to the tribunal personally by the suspect and asked Kehinde if helium was alert of the letter.

Kehinde denied being copied with the missive and argued that it was incorrect for an accused person, who was being represented by a lawyer, to bypass the lawyer and constitute straight to the tribunal and besides neglect to transcript the different party.

He added that since determination is nary grounds that Sowore has discontinued the work of his lawyer, Olumide-Fusika, helium ought not to person written personally to the court.

Kehinde, however, conceded to an adjournment successful the intere...