Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- Lawyers disagreed on Monday over the documents' admissibility during the hearing of former Imo East Senator Chris Anyanwu's N550 million defamation suit against former Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim.

The hearing came up at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Jabi, Abuja.

Mr Ohakim's lawyer, Ken Njemanze, raised objections against the admissibility of the copies of the newspaper publication and press release tendered by Mrs Anyanwu's claimants' legal team. The contents of the document are at the centre of the defamation case.

Ms Anyawu, 73, instituted the defamation suit against Mr Ohakim, demanding N550 million damages for the former governor's alleged defamatory remarks made about her in an interview...