Nigeria, June 5 -- Sahara Reporters publisher and activist Omoyele Sowore, on Friday, refused to enter his defence in his ongoing cyberbullying trial in which he is accused of falsely calling President Bola Tinubu "a criminal."

Since 8 May, when the court dismissed Mr Sowore's no-case submission, there has been a back-and-forth on the issue of him entering his defence.

Mr Sowore, a two-time presidential candidate gearing up to run again for the presidency against Mr Tinubu in 2027, however, insisted that the trial judge Mohammed Umar withdraw from the case.

On Friday, the prosecution lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), told the court that the day's hearing was slated for the defence to open its case, but no la...