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Farotimi faces two cases, over N1bn damages claim despite Afe Babalola’s case withdrawal

Farotimi faces two cases, over N1bn damages claim despite Afe Babalola’s case withdrawal

Barely a week after a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Afe Babalola, withdrew his cases against lawyer and rights activist, Mr Dele Farotimi, there is unease among Nigerians over the status of other pending lawsuits against the activist. Their concerns are borne out of the fact that the police, having arrested and charged Farotimi …

Defamation: How Ooni, Yoruba monarchs resolved Afe Babalola, Farotimi feudDefamation: How Ooni, Yoruba monarchs resolved Afe Babalola, Farotimi feud

Defamation: How Ooni, Yoruba monarchs resolved Afe Babalola, Farotimi feud

ADO-EKITI — FOLLOWING the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and other prominent Yoruba monarchs, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola has agreed to drop all criminal defamation suit against human rights activist, Mr Dele Farotimi. The traditional rulers arrived on the campus of Afe Babalola University, located …