Aare Afe Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has stated that Dele Farotimi, the human rights activist recently remanded by an Ekiti Magistrate Court, will be freed if he can substantiate the allegations made against him....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
According to Vanguard, Farotimi had accused Babalola of corrupting the judiciary in his book Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!He was arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command and remanded after his accusations.
Babalola’s lead counsel, Owoseni Ajayi, explained that Farotimi’s remarks were defamatory and aimed at damaging Babalola’s hard-earned reputation, which cannot be remedied by damages.
Ajayi further stated that Farotimi’s issue with Babalola stemmed from a 2014 land dispute case in which Babalola had filed for a correction of a clerical error in a Supreme Court judgment regarding land ownership.
Farotimi, who was not involved in the case, had tried to frustrate the judgment by representing one of the affected estates.
Ajayi argued that if Farotimi can prove his claims of judicial corruption, he will be free, as the law allows free speech but not speech intended to harm another’s reputation.
He urged Nigerians to verify the facts before taking sides.…..For More READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
