Speaking on The Duke Rants podcast published to YouTube at the weekend, Farotimi was asked what he would say if he met Chief Afe Babalola today.
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The distinguished title of the Man of the Year for 2024 was bestowed on Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist and social crusader.
The case was instituted by Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, who accused Farotimi of defaming his personality in his book titled “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”.
The case, which emanated from comments made by Farotimi in an interview about his book: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System,” particularly concerning the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, was formally withdrawn in court.
This was approved at the general meeting of Afenifere at Adebanjo’s residence in Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State on Tuesday.
Babalola had sued Farotimi in an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court following his publication of a book, which he said allegedly defamed him.
The former two-term Anambra State governor confirmed his visit to the lawyer on Thursday on his X handle on Friday.
Farotimi spoke via his X handle days after he was released from the Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Correctional Centre over a criminal libel case.
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.
Farotimi regained his freedom on Tuesday morning following a ruling by a Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti last Friday, which set his bail at ₦30 million with two sureties.
The spokesperson of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Tanko Yunusa, made this known in a statement issued on Friday.
You can nail Kemi Badenoch to the cross of political hypocrisy, yes; but the validity of her mockery of Nigeria is unassailable.
The lawyer said we should settle the case with money, father of victim speaks on ‘She Stole our Ovaries’
That’s the artificially created cancer called the Nigeria Cybercrime Act of 2015.
The lawyer revealed this and more on a Channels Television programme: “Inside Sources with Laolu Akande,” on Sunday.
The visit, on Friday, was confirmed by its Deputy Secretary-General, Alade Rotimi-John, in a statement made available to newsmen.
Regrettably, I initiated some of such fights and participated in not a few. You probably can’t grow up in Mushin and be fainthearted.
To this end, Chief Babalola has sent a petition, dated December 6, 2024 to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee.
The 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development via his X handle on Monday.
One night around 1983, he caught his son attempting to steal from his bedroom. In response, he pulled his gun in an effort to scare the boy.