Tinubu defamation trial: Court rejects Sowore’s bid to tender uncertified documents

Justice Mohammed Garuba Umar of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has rejected the bid by statesmanlike campaigner of the of the African Alliance Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, to tender uncertified documents successful his proceedings for allegedly making defamatory statements against President Bola Tinubu.

The justice on Wednesday refused the bid erstwhile Sowore’s pb counsel, Olumide Fusika, SAN, applied to tender immoderate uncertified documents done different lawyer, Barrister Wayne Chikezie Elijah.

The documents are summary of proceedings successful grounds of a witnesser codenamed XYZ, on with different captious letters.

Midway into the Wednesday’s proceedings  Fusika had called Elijah arsenic his 3rd witnesser successful the defence of the activistic for the intent of tendering the captious documents.

Trouble had started erstwhile the registrar of the tribunal announced that those to attest successful the substance for the defence should permission the courtroom and spell retired of hearing, an announcement the lawyer failed to honour.

When helium was called into the witnesser container arsenic 2nd witnesser for the day, DSS lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, asked him to corroborate h...