War of words by two Senior Advocates of Nigeria SAN, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika and Akinlolu Kehinde on Monday stalled the continuation of trial of the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress AAC, Omoyele Sowore in the defamation charges brought against him by the Department of the State Service DSS.
At the Monday’s proceedings, heated argument arose when lead lawyer to Sowore, Mr Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN applied for an adjournment of proceedings on the ground that the document he needed for the day had just been released to him by the Court registrar.
Olumide-Fusika said he applied for the documents on July 26, approved for him by the trial judge, Mohammed Garba Umar on July 27 but said it was just released to him on August 3.
He sought an adjournment to enable him study the documents and prepare for cross examination of his next witness, who is an official of the DSS.
At this point, DSS lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde SAN, opposed the adjournment application describing it as dilatory tactics to further delay proceedings in the trial, holding that the Judge should foreclose the defense of Sowore,
He accused the defense of trying to frustrate proceedings and urged the Judge to resist the adjournment request.
Angered by the response of the DSS lawyer, Olumide-Fusika SAN kicked against the use of dilatory tactics against him and in furious manners, said he was no longer ready to take nonsense from the DSS lawyer.
He openly called the
