Afe Babalola: Court Grants Order Halting Sale Of Dele Farotimi’s Book

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By Abiola Olawale

A Federal High Court located in Abuja has issued a court order prohibiting the sale and distribution of the book titled “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.”

The book, authored by renowned human rights lawyer and activist, Mr Dele Farotimi, has come under legal scrutiny and is currently before the court.

The order, issued on December 6, 2024, came after a legal action initiated by renowned legal practitioner Afe Babalola, SAN.

It was gathered that Babalola had approached the court seeking an order to restrain Farotimi and any associated parties, including publishers, distributors, and bookstores, from selling, circulating, or distributing physical, digital, or soft copies of the book.

This comes after the book is currently ranked 555 out of all books on an e-commerce website, Amazon Book.

The book also topped Amazon’s charts in general elections, political process, and political commentary and opinion options.

The book which was published on July 2, 2024, discussed the allegations of corruption in Nigeria’s judicial system.

However, his description of the country’s legal landscape has become a subject matter in a law court.

It would be recalled that Farotimi was remanded in the detention facility of the police by a magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti following his arrest on a 16-count charge of criminal defamation.

He was arrested by officers of the Ekiti police command in Lagos and transported to Ekiti for arraignment.

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