Following Babalola’s petition to the police commissioner in Ekiti that Farotimi defamed him in a book titled ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’, the police arrested the activist and arraigned him before two courts in Ekiti.
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The legal body held that it lacked the requisite jurisdiction to delve into issues relating to the allegations which were brought against Farotimi by the law firm of Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, Emmanuel Chambers.
To this end, Chief Babalola has sent a petition, dated December 6, 2024 to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee.
The OPC made the appeal in a statement issued on Friday by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, in Lagos State.
The Eagle Online recalls that a High Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday remanded the human rights lawyer in prison.
President Bola Tinubu has joined friends and family in the celebration of Chief Afe Babalola, Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, who clocked 92 on October 30.
He spoke when he declared open the eighth edition of the Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
The events captured the lives of two great Yoruba sons and their exemplary contributions to the development of humanity
The event where the Governor prostrated was at the 60th anniversary of Babalola’s legal practice at ABUAD
Also expected at the event are: the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III; the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State, Bishop Matthew Kukah, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, among other respected dignitaries from within and outside the country.
This week, I intend to examine the Government White Paper on the recommendations of the Ministerial Committee and other factors that contributed to the demise of the bank.
Aare Babalola, who gave the charge in Ado Ekiti on Sunday when the state Governor, Biodun Oyebanji. led the three Senators-elect and six House of Representatives members- elect to the Founder of Afe Babalola University, called on all influential Ekiti indigenes at home and in the diaspora to start paying their taxes and development levies to the state in the drive to ensure aggressive development.
The party spoke through its Publicity Secretary in the state, Segun Dipe, in a statement it issued on Thursday.
Babalola told a news briefing in Ado-Ekiti on Monday that the interim government should be in office for six months.
Babalola, who is also the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) made the call in a statement issued on Monday in Ado-Ekiti.
President Buhari joins family members, friends and all well-wishers, particularly the Nigerian Bar Association, in celebrating the milestone with the lawyer, who rather defied so many odds to redefine and reposition himself for a successful life, and bring many into the limelight.
Emengo, who lives at TradeMore Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, is charged with criminal conspiracy, injurious falsehood, defamation of character and perjury.
Buhari also greeted the staff and management of the university on the milestones, which include ground breaking for factories and a rice mill, as well as donation of a library by the pro-chancellor and chairman of council, Professor Tunde Adeniran.
Tunde Olofintila, Head, Corporate Affairs of the university, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, added that Babalola made the statement while addressing a special session of the university’s Senate.
Chief Babalola turns 91 on October 30, 2020.