Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, over allegations of defaming the character of renowned legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN.
Farotimi, who was arrested in Lagos on Tuesday by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command, arrived at the court on Wednesday morning around 10:25 am.
The activist is facing a 16-count charge of defamation stemming from allegations that he maligned Babalola’s reputation in his recently published book titled Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.
The charges accused Farotimi of making statements in the book that tarnish the image of the founder of Afe Babalola University, an eminent figure in Nigeria’s legal and academic spheres.
Sources had it that Farotimi had been taken to the prison pending the next adjourned date for the hearing of the matter which is slated on the 10th December 2024.
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