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The trial of Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Kabara, took fresh twist yesterday, as the lead defence counsel, Mohammad Saleh, and four others served the sharia court a notice of withdrawal from the blasphemy case.

The atmosphere at the Kofar Kudu Upper Sharia Court, however, became tense, when the defendant accused his lawyers of misleading him to accept certain conditions in the charges against him. He told the court that the technicalities that had been invoked by his lawyers were simply meant to derail his trial.

Reacting to the lawyers’ withdrawal notice, prosecution counsel, Suraj Sa’ida , who did not object to his opponents’ decision to pull out, however, queried why the case would not continue with the other lawyers.In a swift response to the demand by his lawyers, Kabara said: “I am not opposing their withdrawal. But at this point, I need to clarify some salient issues surrounding the decision by my lawyers to withdraw from this case.

Magashi urged the court to invoke its powers to protect the confidentiality of legal practice from utterances that could degrade the credibility of legal ethics and practice.

 

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