Court remands Dele Farotimi till December 10 for ‘defaming' Afe Babalola

The Ekiti state magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has remanded Dele Farotimi, a human rights advocate, in prison custody over alleged defamation.

December 4, 2024 2:11 pmhas remanded Dele Farotimi, a human rights advocate, over alleged defamation.

The police accused Farotimi of “criminally defaming” Afe Babalola, a senior advocate of Nigeria , in a book titled: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System”. “That you Dele Farotimi ‘m’ sometimes in 2024 authored, published and circulated your book titled: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System which was received and read all over the world including Ado-Ekiti within the Ado-Ekiti Magisterial District wherein you alleged in page X, ‘That Aare Afe Babalola, Olu Daramola, Olu Faro and the law offices of Afe Babalola & Co, compromised the Supreme Court and the remaining semblance of integrity it might have had when they went back to the Supreme...

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