The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected documents sought to be tendered by the defence in the ongoing cyberbullying trial of activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore.
Reports say Sowore’s team sought to tender statements allegedly made by President Bola Tinubu in 2011 where he reportedly described former President Goodluck Jonathan as a “drunkard and sinking fisherman” and referred to former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “expired meat.”
His team also attempted to tender online publications highlighting alleged corruption within public institutions, but the Prosecution counsel Akinlolu Kehinde objected, saying they were irrelevant to the cyberstalking charges against Sowore and failed to comply with Section 84 of the Evidence Act.
Justice Mohammed Umar upheld the prosecution’s objections, ruling that the documents could not be tendered, because the prosecution’s first witness had testified that he was unaware of their contents.