•Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi For the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), this is not the best of times as it is facing a barrage of atÂtacks over the handling of the matter involving legal luminary, Afe Babalola (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Bisi Farotimi. Policemen from Ekiti State Police Command last week stormed Lagos State […]
•Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola The Law Firm of Afe Babalola has written a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, (LPDC) asking it to strike out the name of Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, from the roll of legal practitioners in Nigeria for allegedly violating certain provisions of the rules of professional ...
•Dele Farotimi Justice Abayomi Adeosun of the Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, today has reserved ruling on the bail application filed by human rights lawyers, Dele Farotimi, till December 20, 2024. Farotimi was arraigned last week before the magistrate court by the police for alleged defamation of the character ...
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, yesterday visited the founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, in his office at the university. Our correspondent reliably learnt that Obi’s visit to the nonagenarian was in connection with the ongoing court cases on alleged defamation against human r...
•Dele Farotimi Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by an Ekiti State Magistrate Court, in a defamation case filed by Afe Babalola. The 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X handle today. Sowore stated that Farotimi was granted N50 million bail with a su...
•Lawyer and human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi The Take It Back Movement has vowed to go ahead with its planned protests in Ekiti, Lagos, Abuja, London and Canada following the detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over defamation charges. The group insisted this despite a directive by the Ekiti State Police Command banning unlawf...
•Farotimi The determination of the police to stop activists from protesting the continued detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, is creating deep anger. Despite Ekiti State Police Command’s claim that the decision to prohibit the planned protest was reached to ensure the safety of lives and property in the state, activists have refus...
The Ekiti State Police Command has issued a directive banning unlawful gatherings, demonstrations, and the sale and use of fireworks across the state, citing concerns over public safety and security threats. In a statement signed by the state police spokesperson, Abutu Sunday, today, the command emphasized its commitment to sustaining peace an...
•Aare Afe Babalola The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) today, appealed to elder statesman, Aare Afe Babalola, to handle the alleged defamation of character and cyberbullying against rights activist, Dele Farotimi, with mercy and understanding in resolving the issue at hand. OPC made the plea in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Barrister Y...
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