Leon Mugesera, the man accused of planning the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, inciting the public to commit genocide and distribution of weapons, today, asked Nyarugenge Intermediate Court to give him one more month to prepare his defence team.

Mugesera made the request to Judge Saudah Murererehe this morning as he appeared before court for the second time since his deportation from Canada in January.

He first appeared before the same court on February 2, when he requested for two months to prepare his defence. The two months elapsed yesterday.

"I have not managed to put together my nine-man defence council and I request to be granted another month so that I could reach out to all of them,” Mugesera told Court. The court will rule on his request tomorrow.