Lagos-based lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, ahead of the hearing of a defamation charge filed against him has submitted a preliminary objection asking the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court to strike out the suit. The objection, dated December 9, 2024, was filed by Farotimi’s legal team led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, along … Read more
The Take It Back Movement has declared its intention to continue with planned protests in Ekiti, Lagos, Abuja, London, and Canada, aimed at denouncing the arrest and detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged defamation. This decision stands in defiance of warnings from the Ekiti State Police Command, which recently banned public protests, … Read more
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has urged Nigerians to permit the judicial system to fairly adjudicate the criminal defamation charges filed against a legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Henzodaily reports that these charges arose from a complaint submitted to the Ekiti Police Command by Chief Afe Babalola, a … Read more
The legal representatives of Afe Babalola, SAN, the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, have asserted that the controversial human rights attorney, Dele Farotimi, will remain in custody until he substantiates his claims against the esteemed elder statesman. The attorneys indicated that Babalola had formally requested the police to investigate the defamatory statements … Read more
Renowned legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afe Babalola, has accused activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi of defaming him in connection with a Supreme Court judgment on a land dispute. In a petition dated November 19 and addressed to Adeniran Akinwale, Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Babalola detailed how his law firm obtained … Read more
A former spokesman to former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, has condemned the manner of arrest of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from his Lagos office to Ekiti State. Akande said the desire of Afe Babalola to resort to the use of Ekiti Police to arrest Farotimi in Lagos and the unfolding events was … Read more
A Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered that Human Rights Attorney and activist, Dele Farotimi, be remanded following allegations of defaming a prominent legal figure and founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN. Henzodaily reports that the activist is accused of damaging the reputation of Afe Babalola through statements made in his … Read more