Lawyers’ war of words in open court stalls Sowore’s defamation trial

A heated exchange between two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika and Akinlolu Kehinde, on Monday stalled the continuation of the trial of African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, over defamation charges brought against him by the Department of State Services (DSS).
At Monday’s proceedings, a heated argument broke out after Sowore’s lead counsel, Olumide-Fusika, applied for an adjournment on the ground that a document he needed for the day’s hearing had only just been released to him by the court registrar.
Olumide-Fusika told the court he had applied for the document on July 26, that the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, approved ...