AfeBabalola Drops Suit Against Dele Farotimi
Following the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, Oba AdeyeyeOgunwusi, the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, and other prominent traditional rulers, the founder of AfeBabalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), AfeBabalola (SAN), has dropped his criminal suits against human rights activist, Dele Farotimi.
Babalola disclosed this at a press conference jointly addressed by himself and Ogunwusi on behalf of other prominent Yoruba traditional rulers in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday evening.
The legal luminary said he decided to drop the criminal defamation charges against the Lagos-based activist following the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, and other prominent traditional rulers in the country.
Farotimi had published a book titled: “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System,” where he alleged that the elder statesman corrupted the judiciary.
Babalola said he had ignored interventions from different monarchs and personalities within and outside the country, but had to yield to the appeals of the traditional institutions, adding that the statement of an Oba in Yoruba tradition from time immemorial was a command.
Meanwhile, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has commended the legal luminary for demonstrating some ethos of Omoluabi by respecting the wishes of foremost Yoruba kings in respect of the defamation case he filed against Farotimi.
