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Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by Bobloco(op): 7:46am On Dec 12, 2024

....DSS to seize copies

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has barred human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising or distributing the hard or soft copies of his controversial book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’.

Justice Peter Kekemeke granted the order after listening to the ex-parte application filed by the claimant, the managing partner at Afe Babalola’s law firm, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN.

Justice Kekemeke also temporarily barred the agents, publishers, distributors, sellers, re-publishers, re-sellers, or any other person from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising, or distributing the physical/hard/digital/soft copies of the book online, electronically, physically or by any other means, including the social media.

The order was granted pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction dated and filed on the 6th day of December 2024.

The judge also granted an order of interim injunction directing the seizure of all physical copies of the book, wherever they may be found by the Nigerian Police Force, State Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and all other security agencies, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The court further ordered that the relevant security agencies should file an affidavit demonstrating that they have complied with the orders within 72 hours of their receipt of the ruling.

In a similar development, an Oyo State High Court also granted an interim order restraining Farotimi or any person acting through him from further printing the book titled, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’.

Justice Mufutau Adegbola granted the interim order at the instance of a senior partner in the law firm of Afe Babalola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adebayo Adenipekun, who approached the court on Wednesday via an ex parte application dated December 9th, 2024, on behalf of the firm.

After listening to the senior advocate, Justice Adegbola granted the order in the interim and directed that Farotimi’s lawyers be put on notice.

The motion on notice for interlocutory injunction was then adjourned to January 7, 2025.

https://dailypost.ng/2024/12/11/court-halts-publication-sale-of-farotimis-book-orders-police-dss-to-seize-copies/

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by Justiceleague1: 7:47am On Dec 12, 2024

Yeye people who have made the country yeye.

It's such a pain what Nigerians are going thru... darkness hunger agberoes touts bad roads in 2024..

They don't provide water anymore again,ok,you buy your own borehole pump and still,no power to run it.

What a country.
See these dirty agberoes living so large while the hardworking danfo drivers and keke riders live in poverty.

What a kwantiri

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by immortalcrown(m): 7:48am On Dec 12, 2024

Achebe's "There was a Country" is still on sale.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by saviourGeorge: 7:56am On Dec 12, 2024

Don’t mess with the FG
After God na government

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by JAWBONE(m): 7:57am On Dec 12, 2024

Lol... Just like I said

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by Cassandraloius: 8:28am On Dec 12, 2024

I'm not surprised at all.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by dumahi(m): 8:31am On Dec 12, 2024

We're watching. All these moves prove one thing without a doubt: THEY HAVE A LOT TO HIDE. Someone said that "Nigeria is a crime scene".

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by FearlessYoruba: 8:34am On Dec 12, 2024

Farotimi is Odaran

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by PaChukwudi44(m): 8:35am On Dec 12, 2024

saviourGeorge:
Don’t mess with the FG
After God na government

Shebi the useless order will stop the sales on amazon? angry

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by dumahi(m): 8:37am On Dec 12, 2024

FearlessYoruba:
Farotimi is Odaran

What's the meaning of 'Odaran'?

Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by saviourGeorge: 8:38am On Dec 12, 2024

PaChukwudi44:
Shebi the useless order will stop the sales on amazon?

Go check out for ur self

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by BERNIMOORE: 8:42am On Dec 12, 2024

saviourGeorge:
Don’t mess with the FG
After God na government

really, DHL just delivered copies to this man in Europe This morning ...Amazon is not aware..... grin

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by saviourGeorge: 8:55am On Dec 12, 2024

BERNIMOORE:
really, DHL just delivered copies to this man in Europe This morning ...Amazon is not aware.....

It’s a court order bro
Surely it will take effect
When was the order given

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by ERockson: 8:57am On Dec 12, 2024

Fighting Chief Afe is like fighting the president, the kings, the military, the gods and God. God has blessed this man.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by Bobloco(op): 9:00am On Dec 12, 2024

Nigeria, under this notorious narcotics drug trafficker, certificate forger, CIA agent, and buccaneering power grabber, is the world's biggest crime scene

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by helinues: 9:03am On Dec 12, 2024

Na different ways to receive the missing senses

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by presido11: 9:06am On Dec 12, 2024

Bobloco:
....DSS to seize copies

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has barred human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising or distributing the hard or soft copies of his controversial book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’.

Justice Peter Kekemeke granted the order after listening to the ex-parte application filed by the claimant, the managing partner at Afe Babalola’s law firm, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN.

Justice Kekemeke also temporarily barred the agents, publishers, distributors, sellers, re-publishers, re-sellers, or any other person from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising, or distributing the physical/hard/digital/soft copies of the book online, electronically, physically or by any other means, including the social media.

The order was granted pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction dated and filed on the 6th day of December 2024.

The judge also granted an order of interim injunction directing the seizure of all physical copies of the book, wherever they may be found by the Nigerian Police Force, State Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and all other security agencies, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The court further ordered that the relevant security agencies should file an affidavit demonstrating that they have complied with the orders within 72 hours of their receipt of the ruling.

In a similar development, an Oyo State High Court also granted an interim order restraining Farotimi or any person acting through him from further printing the book titled, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’.

Justice Mufutau Adegbola granted the interim order at the instance of a senior partner in the law firm of Afe Babalola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adebayo Adenipekun, who approached the court on Wednesday via an ex parte application dated December 9th, 2024, on behalf of the firm.

After listening to the senior advocate, Justice Adegbola granted the order in the interim and directed that Farotimi’s lawyers be put on notice.

The motion on notice for interlocutory injunction was then adjourned to January 7, 2025.

https://dailypost.ng/2024/12/11/court-halts-publication-sale-of-farotimis-book-orders-police-dss-to-seize-copies/

Still selling on amazon £14.23 plus postage.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by BERNIMOORE: 9:06am On Dec 12, 2024

saviourGeorge:
It’s a court order bro
Surely it will take effect
When was the order given

go on errands to check...more copies are getting booked ....you will wail tire...you guys will learn lessons and stop chasing shadows

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by presido11: 9:10am On Dec 12, 2024

saviourGeorge:
It’s a court order bro
Surely it will take effect
When was the order given

Court order for people in shxt hole.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by madridguy(m): 9:52am On Dec 12, 2024

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by GrammarNazi1(m): 9:52am On Dec 12, 2024

PaChukwudi44:
Shebi the useless order will stop the sales on amazon?

...Amazon?

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by 4ormidable(m): 9:52am On Dec 12, 2024*

Hmmmmm......

This looks like a clear case of the "Bait, Hook and Line!" which time will unvail the "Fish".

It might seem quite interesting to discover that
Mr. Farotimi could be playing a character in his book with the help of reality.

Also, I should not be out of point to say it's likely that the judiciary is blending to whatever character they portray in that book.

The book seems to have been out to the public before the court's order.

Finally, democracy should be on the pedestal of equity and not sentiment.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by emmabest2000(m): 9:52am On Dec 12, 2024

Who can stop a moving train ?

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by Godjone(m): 9:52am On Dec 12, 2024

None of this can stop anything because we already have them in our computers and some saved on Google. If this criminal have no bad record why is he afraid of ordinary book

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by JuanDeDios: 9:53am On Dec 12, 2024*

Bobloco:
https://dailypost.ng/2024/12/11/court-halts-publication-sale-of-farotimis-book-orders-police-dss-to-seize-copies/

Seizing books? Sounds like Nazi Germany or some other hell hole. I support Mr Babalola's right to seek redress in court so Mr Farotimi is given a chance to either prove his allegations or go to jail. I support that. But Mr Babalola should know when to stop. Mopping up a book? Rounding copies up? Chasing those with copies of it? Come on. It's a waste of time, especially in 2024. And it makes you look bad.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by galserv: 9:54am On Dec 12, 2024

Who pass you pass you

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by blaise26abj(m): 9:55am On Dec 12, 2024

This is extremely insensitive of the court to temporarily grant the injunction before hearing . That is making judgement on the main case before it starts. How about maintaining status quo until the interloctory injunction hearing and also an accelerated hearing since the plaintiff thinks continued sales and distribution will further damage his reputation. There are ways to make Farotimi pay restitution if found guilty. Will the court make Afebabalola pay Farotimi lost revenue or return the books seized if he is found innocent ? Court case that can last 3-12 years . This is why the people don’t trust the courts .

It shows the corruption in the Nigeria judiciary system

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by strangest(m): 9:55am On Dec 12, 2024

The truth hurts.....

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by Yugoslavia247(m): 9:55am On Dec 12, 2024

saviourGeorge:
Don’t mess with the FG
After God na government

Sgut up

Words of portable na im u dey talk

Who is gov?

Ask assad who govt is?

The people are the govt.

Seizing the book ultimately makes it true.

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by Lexusgs430: 9:56am On Dec 12, 2024

Got my kindle copy...... 😁

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Re: Court Stops Sale Of Farotimi’s Book, Orders Police, DSS To Seize Copies by PHIPEX(m): 9:56am On Dec 12, 2024

Sounds like Abacha era.

How do you stop a book that has gone global? This is not 1995.

Does Nigeria Court have jurisdiction over Amazon sales and transactions?

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