A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, Wednesday, remanded a lawyer and activists, Dele Farotimi, in prison over alleged defamation of Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD).
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the police invaded Mr Farotimi’s office in Lekki on Tuesday to arrest him and transported him to Ado Ekiti, following Mr Babalola’s petition.
Mr Babalola alleged in his petition that Mr Babalola defamed him in his book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’.
The book, according to the prosecution, alleged that Mr Babalola corrupted the Supreme Court to procure a fraudulent judgment in the service of his clients.
