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book gained tremendous traction, reaching a top spot on Amazon’s bestseller list within days of cascading police actions against Mr Farotimi following Mr Babalola’s petition last week. PDF copies of the book, which was launched in July, have circulated widely in the last one week due to free publicity offered by Mr Babalola. Now the entire Nigerian Police Force might be placed in streets all over the country on a “search and hide the book” mission. Goodluck Mr Babalola.
There are many troubling aspects of Mr Fatotimi’s encounter with Nigerian law enforcement, beginning with the unnecessarily aggressive and confrontational manner in which his arrest was affected. The CCTV footage released by his office after his arrest revealed the thoroughly unprofessional and violent nature of the police officers who travelled out of the State of their posting to arrest him. The officers were not dressed in uniform and could have passed as armed thugs.
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