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Another SAN slams N500m alleged defamatory suit on Farotimi

December 16, 2024

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a partner at Afe Babalola law chamber, Olu Daramola, has filed a N500 million suit at the Ojodu Abiodun Division of Ogun State High Court against Tomilola Titus Farotimi also known as Dele Farotimi for alleged defamation in his new book, titled: Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.

The suit was filed barely a month after the one filed by Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) over similar and alleged defamatory words in the book.

The writ, dated December 13, 2024, was taken on behalf of the applicant by Iheanyichukwu C. Uwa on behalf of Daramola (SAN).

The claimant is seeking a declaration that the book, titled: Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System authored by the defendant and in circulation within and outside the country and within the jurisdiction of the court contains some defamatory words on page 64.

Daramola averred that the book is offensive, defamatory and derogatory and has brought him into ridicule, odium, disrespect, disrepute and scorn in the eyes of the right-thinking members of the society.

The claimant is seeking a declaration that the book has injured his character, prestige, pedigree and reputation as an honest, law-abiding, competent, dutiful, reliable, diligent and trustworthy legal practitioner.

He is seeking an order of the court to award him N500 million against the defendant, being exemplary and general damages in favour of the claimant for the book authored by the defendant and said to be in circulation all over the country.

Daramola is seeking a court order to compel the defendant to publish an unreserved apology in The Guardian and The Punch or any other two widely national newspapers to retract the libelous excerpts in the book.

The claimant is also seeking a court order directing the recovery and destruction of the book authored by the defendant and currently in circulation across Nigeria and within the jurisdiction of the court in hard and soft copy formats from all bookshops, libraries, archives, booksellers, social media and online platforms, amongst others.

He is also seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, whether by himself, privies, agents, servants, workers, officers, or any other person howsoever described from publishing, causing to be published or in any other manner circulating the said offensive book in hard and soft copy formats authored by the defendant on the claimant.

Daramola is praying the court to direct the defendant to pay interest on the judgment sum awarded to the claimant at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the date of judgment in this suit until the judgment debt is fully and finally liquidated.

No date has been fixed for hearing of the suit.

Farotimi is currently in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and is yet to file a response to the suit.

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Photo 3) Olu Daramola (SAN).

Photo 4) Dele Farotimi

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N500 million?

Seems like attrition

By the time they're done with this Dele Farotimi, even his newly found igbo friends will abandon him.
In his next life, he will think twice before making defamatory statements against others.

Dele is gone for good.

Everyone wants to sue Dele now.
Nigeria & Its Criminal Justice System!!!

Sad!

Faro don buy big market

As it stands now, this guy now has a case to answer in Ekiti, Abuja, Rivers and Ogun states.
Even if those pandering and cheering him on choose to buy 10 copies each of his useless book, it won't be enough to cover all the costs he's going to spend running from one court to another.

Na wa! Make una kuku kee am na! Na wetin be dis?
Dele don use im hand dig im grave like dis o!
In Nigeria, there are some topics you don’t touch if you want your peace but stubborn people like Dele nor wan hear word. Always picking fights wen nor de finish. Na who go fight for am now? Lily livered Nigerians wen Tpain don place? Justice can never prevail in Nigeria! My advice is for Uncle Dele to do the needful! Out of court settlement; beg the powers that be to get a safe landing.

Na to kpai this man remain, the court cases too much haba

When u r being smacked down by a brain Strowman,,smaller wrestlers go dey step on u

Attention seekers

SatoshiX:
By the time they're done with this Dele Farotimi, even his newly found igbo friends will abandon him.
In his next life, he will think twice before making defamatory statements against others.

in this present life, God would answer for all their evil works, not seen and provable by man. They should continue playing God over a poor man wuckedly denied justice

All of u go sue tire

Dtruthspeaker:
in this present life, God would they would answer for all their works not provable by man. They should continue playing God!

What's this one saying??

Lmaooo. Enjoy Dele.

May we not write a book that other people will be the ones to enjoy the proceeds.

Wahala

Famoroti's wants to block the financial inflow of the Legal practitioners in Nigeria.
He was actually saying the truth in the book but he forgot that Nigeria is an extremely corrupt nation even God intervention can never be able to salvage it.
because as someone (Like Famoroti's) raise up to challenge the corrupt system, the corrupted individual like Afe Babalola will also raise up to shut him up.
We called them saboteurs!

Una go sue tire
The most important thing is he has brought it to the front burner
The judiciary stinks of corruption

Someone in the comments has quickly turned it into a yoruba vs igbo thing.
Smaora Machel the former president of Mozambique famously said: for the nation to rise, the tribe must die.

Daramola. Sounds like an Ekiti last name.

Dele, are you sure Ifa will duro ti e bayi sha?

The greatest offense in a corrupt society is to speak the truth.

What means would they use to retract the soft copies and even the copies that have been sold.

Sannisege:
May we not write a book that other people will be the ones to enjoy the proceeds.

And who told you that any of them will enjoy the proceed? Just one evidence will scatter all ihe sued for. These people have used their influence to corrupt the temple of justice and even the blind knows about this.
Who would have known that Wole Olanipekun was also involved in compromising the judiciary by bribing the EFCC prosecutor, Offem Uket that was sacked by the agency.