The Presidential candidate of the of the African Alliance Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has dropped his plan to feature the Director General of the Department of the State Service DSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi as his witness in the alleged defamation of President Bola Tinubu on his Facebook page.
Sowore on Tuesday admitted that the evidence in respect of which he had earlier subpoenaed the DSS boss can be obtained from any other official of the Service.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN led the federal government in the trial.
Fagbemi SAN had objected to the subpoena issued to invite Ajayi on the ground that the document he was to give evidence upon was not authored by him but another person who had testified in the matter.
Fagbemi SAN argued that the letter written to Sowore to pull down a post in which he called President Tinubu a criminal had been tendered and admitted as exhibits twice by the same court, hence, no reason for it to be tendered the third time.
The AGF argued that the author of the letter Mr Uwen Davis had on July 22 testified for Sowore in the trial and that the document is already in the custody of the court.
Adeyinka Olumide Fusika SAN who appeared for Sowore had objected to the appearance of Fagbemi SAN in the matter on the ground that Akinlolu Kehinde SAN was the federal government lawyer on Court’s record.
Meanwhile, the matter has been adjourned till Monday August 3 for continuation of defense by the defendant.
