The Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has struck out the criminal charge filed by the police against Lagos based legal practitioner and author, Dele Farotimi. Justice Babs Kuewumi struck out the charge following an application by the police prosecutor, Samson Osobu that the prosecution had filed a notice of discontinuance. He said, “the…
On Wednesday, Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered multiple security agencies in the country to seize Dele Farotimi’s Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System from bookstores. The ruling was delivered following an ex parte application by Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the managing partner of the…
In an intriguing turn of events, the magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital has denied human rights activist Dele Farotimi bail. Farotimi was arraigned in court for allegedly defamation of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola. In his ruling, at the resumed sitting on Tuesday, the presiding…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has paid a visit to legal luminary, Afe Babalola, SAN at the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti. According to sources, the visit appears connected to ongoing legal proceedings involving Dele Farotimi, a Lagos-based lawyer and activist accused of defamation by Babalola. The meeting might have been arranged by…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has enjoined the parties and the general public, to allow the courts to do justice in the determination of the criminal defamation charges brought by the Nigeria Police against Mr Dele Farotimi, a legal practitioner, pursuant to the complaint lodged by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and elder…
The Obidient Movement has issued a strong warning, threatening nationwide protests if human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi is not immediately released from custody. This development follows an order by a Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti to remand Farotimi over allegations of defaming a prominent legal figure and founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed grave concern over the arrest of Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist and lawyer, on allegations of libel. The NBA has also condemned the reported invasion of Farotimi’s law firm and the harassment of lawyers and staff within the premises. According to the NBA, the arrest and invasion…
Human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has said that there may a revolution in Nigeria, warning of an impending storm. In a video clip, he lamented the country’s bad leadership and urged citizens to unite against corrupt leaders. Farotimi stated, “There is a coming deluge; ignore it at your own peril.” He referenced the…
