An Abuja high court on Monday fixed January 27, to hear the lawsuit filed by singer Speed Darlington against Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police.
The singer filed the N300 million suit based on alleged abuse and violation of his fundamental human rights.
NAN reports that Musa Liman, the judge, fixed the new date after Garba Audu, the IGP’s lawyer, sought a short date to enable him to study the affidavit served by Abubakar Marshall, Darlington’s lawyer.
Marshall also informed the court that the matter was for hearing of the substantive application for the enforcement of his client’s fundamental rights.
He added that the police served them their counter affidavit on Friday and a further affidavit was filed in response.
Garba said that though he had filed their counter affidavit, he had yet to be served with the further affidavit.
The judge questioned Marshall on when the further affidavit was filed, and he affirmed that it was done on the morning of the hearing.
When Marshall sought to move the application, Garba immediately objected. He said he would need more time to study the further affidavit thoroughly to know whether new issues of facts and law were raised to enable him to respond appropriately.
Liman thereafter adjourned the case until January 27 for adoption.
Darlington was arrested on November 27 while performing at a show in Owerri, Imo state. He was accused of cyberstalking Burna Boy, the Grammy-winning artiste.
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