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Ninzahost:
Peter Obi's visits to Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi highlight his focus on justice and fostering important dialogues across diverse issues.

Greenbirth:
this because they are bunch of idiot fools who claimed to be wise, if you have stayed in a house with many Yoruba's, you will fully understand them well, their characteristics are, hypocrisy, Agbero, backbiting, infact deceitful people

Ikpunekenwa:
Why can't it go to court, what is being adamant here? He will provide evidence.

IamANigerianMan:
Continue disgrace yourself, see the proof here

Angelfrost:
Calm the fvck down... Quit sounding like an ignorant child.

Deep sheet based on wetin?!! He kpai person? Is he a terrorist?

It's a civil matter of defamation... The judge will fine him accordingly if found guilty.

All the media noise and police hyperactivity are downright unnecessary and even embarrassing to the nation.

Imagine how other nations will be looking at us.

Do you know how many cases of libel and character defamation most judges abroad see weekly?!!


This is nothing but Political dick measuring.

TUANKU:
You this brain-dead idiot again.

OsunOriginal:
Nigerians should understand that the case of Dele Farotimi against Aare Afe Babalola, CON,OFR, SAN is one of the most significant cases to come up in Nigeria in this decade. It is a case where a man is persecuted with the instrument of state power for saying the truth against a powerful person in Nigeria and against the Nigerian judiciary. In my work as the head of Due Process Advocates (DPA) Foundation, I have evidence to substantiate the contentious assertions made by Farotimi.

For those who do not understand the issues at stake; in his book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, Farotimi stated that Afe Babalola had exerted some corrupting influence over the Nigerian judiciary. That assertion is a candid opinion based on facts. It is true as to Afe Babalola and as to the Nigerian judiciary. The only thing surprising in all this is the fact that Farotimi had the courage to say it in a book. From one incident involving Afe Babalola that I am aware of, I easily came to the same conclusion as Farotimi. I encountered the power and influence of Afe Babalola. He possesses no doubt a pervasive and probably corrupt influence over the judiciary and the police.

In that case, I realized how impossible it would be for me to confront the man because I could see that the police and the courts would not be fair or just in any matter in which the man’s name was mentioned. I was left with the impression that if Afe Babalola had an interest in any matter, the Nigerian justice system was as good as a jungle justice system. It was a extensive influence by one man over the whole system of justice, which clearly undermined any notion that the courts are the last hope of an ordinary person.

If you wonder about the encounter I am speaking about, it has to do with a case of domestic violence and child custody dispute between one Dr. Nnamdi Ikpeze and his wife Florence. Dr. Ikpeze is a law lecturer in Afe Babalola University. He had a dispute with his wife, Florence, which resulted in the wife fleeing from Ekiti to Port Harcourt with their three minor children. Her reason for fleeing was to escape domestic violence. She had reported the incident of domestic violence to DPA before she moved to Port Harcourt. She contacted us again months later and reported an ongoing police arrest incident. What happened was that she had file a petition for custody at the Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt. It was a petition against her husband, Dr. Ikpeze. The case was ongoing and the processes had been served on the husband, including a hearing notice.

Instead of Dr. Ikpeze responding to the court in Port Harcourt, he went to Afe Babalola who apparently took his side and decided to protected him from having to respond to the court in Port Harcourt. Instead of appearing in court, with the backing of Afe Babalola, Dr. Ikpeze procured the police from Ekiti Command to drive all the way to Port Harcourt to arrest Florence and their three children and Florence’s sister. They were taken all the way from Port Harcourt to Ekiti State where the police simply handed the children over to Dr. Ikpeze, while Florence was held at the police station.

DPA sent letters to the police demanding due process for the lady. The next day, police made it clear that the parties should go to “Baba” who would adjudicate the matter. It was clear that the police were acting under the instruction of “Baba”. The Baba was Afe Babalola. They treated him like God. It is always dangerous when a man plays God.

We learnt that the mother of Dr. Ikpeze was also a lawyer who happened to be the Dean of the Law Faculty at Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Afe Babalola without consideration of the law or the facts of the case, took the side of Dr. Ikpeze. By the way, my letters on the matter was presented to Babalola. Dr. Ikpeze and his mother were busy telling Babalola all manner of lies against my person. They told Afe Babalola that I was disbarred and therefore that my letter did not deserve any consideration. (I attach the content of my letter below). For such highly-placed people to peddle such petty lie against me over a child custody issue, you have to weep for Nigeria and its corrupt judicial system.

The whole experience was quite shocking to me. I had thought that a man like Afe Babalola would be interested in upholding the law and in ensuring that people would be treated fairly. But, instead, he became the law himself and decided who should get justice and should not and he gave justice to those who worshipped him. As an American-trained lawyer, I found the whole thing disgusting. I couldn’t fight him because I truly understood that he had the judges and the police in his pocket. I am happy that someone else had the same opinion of him and was brave enough to write a book on it. The manner in which they have treated Dele Farotimi is just evidence that his book is right and timely. It is the best book in Nigeria today and the world should take notice of its content.

It is an irony that the legacy of Afe Babalola may end up a legacy of judicial corruption. Let them keep arresting anybody who speaks the truth against them. But if I am a free man, I will be more than eager to testify in favor of Farotimi.

MY LETTER TO AFE BABALOLA

December 27, 2023

AARE AFE BABALOLA, CON, OFR, SAN
Founder Afe Babalola University
Ado Ekiti
Ekiti State

Dear Chief Afe Babalola,

IN THE MATTER OF MR. NNAMDI GEORGE IKPEZE VERSUS MRS. ONYINYE FLORENCE IKPEZE AND MRS. JOSEPHINE UCHE MBELU

Compliments of the season!

We are a human rights and humanitarian NGO. We received a report from the family of Mrs. Josephine Uche Mbelu alleging that a team of police officers from Ekiti State Command arrested Mrs. Josephine Uche Mbelu, her daughter, Mrs. Onyinye Florence Ikpeze, and three children of Mrs. Ikpeze, (hereinafter referred to as the “victims”). According to the report, this incident occurred on 22nd and 23rd of December, 2023 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. We further learned that the police officers from Ekiti State Command moved the victims from Rivers State to Ekiti State by road and they arrived in Ado Ekiti around 7:00pm on 23rd of December, 2023. While the victims were being moved to Ado Ekiti, we were able to speak with the officers. They were polite and professional, and they provided some useful information that helped our understanding of what was going on.

Upon their arrival in Ado Ekiti, we stayed in touch with the victims and the officers in charge of their case. At some point, it was decided by the officers involved that the victims would be released by the police on the condition that Mrs. Ikpeze would hand her two eldest children to Dr. Ikpeze, while she would keep the youngest child till further notice. She had no choice because it was the condition for the release of her and her mother. In the morning of 24thDecember, when they came back to the station to finalize their release, Mrs. Ikpeze was informed that a call came directly from the Commissioner of Police that Mrs. Ikpeze MUST hand over ALL the three children to Mr. Ikpeze, instead of the eldest two previously stated. Again, Mrs. Ikpeze had no choice as that was the condition for her release.

This morning, Mrs. Ikpeze and her poor mother went back to the police as directed by the police. While waiting to be attended to a bailiff from Ekiti High Court came there so serve a divorce petition on Mrs. Ikpeze. According to information available to us, Mr. Ikpeze demanded that Mrs. Ikpeze be prosecuted for abducting her children. The police directed all the parties to your office. The parties looked up to you to resolve the dispute and you ruled that that custody of the children should be with their father. In order words, you decided all the issues that are pending in all the courts. As we write this letter, Mrs. Ikpeze has still not seen her children ore spoken with them.

In the periods between the victims arrival in Ado Ekiti and a few hours ago, we had extensive communication with Mr. Ikpeze himself. Some of the communications with him were in writing. So, we have evidence of what was said and his responses to the questions we asked him. It became clear to us that the entire police operation was for the purpose of transferring custody of the minor children from one parent to the other parent, in a clear usurpation of the court.

Mr. Ikpeze, who is a lawyer, disingenuously tried to explain to us that there was a criminal petition filed and that there was a state crime committed by his wife. We use the word disingenuously because there were several indications that the whole effort of the police was procured under circumstances that can be rightly be described as corrupt.

In fact, Mr. Ikpeze, in his effort to explain these extraordinary events, informed us that the custody dispute between him and his wife got to the attention of “Baba”, whom he later explained to be the highly respect “Chief Afe Babalola”, your good self, who happens to own the university where Dr. Ikpeze works. Though he didn’t categorically say so, he gave us a distinct impression that you were the engine that powered the entire show. We took special note of your name when mentioned. You are obviously one of the most revered lawyers and non-political leaders of Nigeria with extraordinary influence in this country, especially in the nation’s legal and judicial community. We are sure that when Mr. Ikpeze dropped your name, he expected us to shiver and whether away. But we felt that you are a fair and wise elder who would understand the gravity of the chain of events that have transpired. We must admit that the mentioning of your name and the role you are reported to have played have deepened our concerns rather than allaying them.

OUR CONCERNS:
1. There has a pending lawsuit on the issue of child custody and child support between the same parties and in respect of the same children, which was filed on the 13th of September, 2023.

2. On 30th November, 2023, the Court issued an order for substituted service of process on Mr. Ikpeze, setting the next hearing date to be 20th December, 2023.
3. On the 20th December, 2023, Mr. Ikpeze failed to show up in court because he had a plan. His plan was to use your influence and the police to intervene on the matter and to usurp the powers of the court.

4. In our conversation with Mr. Ikpeze, he bragged in writing that he would go to court the next time, now that the police have given him the children.

5. Based on the update we received this evening, it appears that you have decided all the issues pending before the courts, leaving Mrs. Ikpeze no option than to bend over and take whatever is given to her.

In conclusion, sir, while we will give you the benefit of doubts and assume that you were misled by the stories told by Mr. Ikpeze, who has displayed extraordinary tendency toward falsehood and manipulation, we are constrained to urge you to be fair and to allow the judicial process to play out without any interference from your powerful position. Thank you and God bless.

Yours truly,

____________________
E. C. Ugwuonye, Esquire
Executive Director

Zuckembego:
Apology has to come before forgiveness.
Is Farotimi ready to apologize?

MadPolitician:
Stop writing rubbish

AcadaWriter0:
Mr. Farotimi is in a difficult situation, and there may be nothing inappropriate regarding his arraignment in a Magistrate Court in Ekiti State on charges of defaming prominent lawyer, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN). This is why Aare Afe Babalola stated that the only way Farotimi can resolve this issue is by proving the allegations he made against him. If you hear Eni ti o ba ju ni lọ....

yoruboid:
This man is just a content creator like Simon Ekpa

Anything for the gram

So he expects Aare to drop the charges that has brought his illustrious career to disrepute?

By the way, there’s nothing he’s every intervened in that was resolved

Even when he went with cameras to reconcile the P-Square brothers, they ended up growing further apart

Anything this man touches ends up in crisis or more crisis

Even the Obidients are in tears lamenting everyday a and bitter from licking their wounds

NoToPile:
What are the conditions?

NoToPile:
Good thing he took the advice. Loool.

Shey Baba Don drop charges ni?

NoToPile:
Interesting read.

Vivianat:
Mr Peter Obi apologised on behalf of the activist Farotimi and appealed to Aare Afe Babalola SAN for soft landing for the incarcerated activist. Mr Obi follows the long queue of eminent people who have been appealing to the Aare in recent days....

yarimo:
DEJI ADEYANJU, JACKSON UDE, HUNDAYIN, TIMI FRANK and all bitter Obidients beware of defamations

Peter Obi Meets Afe Babalola To 'Beg' And Then Visits Dele Farotimi In Ekiti Prison

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has met with Nigerian legal luminary, Afe Babalola, SAN, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Obi had pleaded with Babalola to consider the "situation" of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who is at the Ekiti prison.

The legal luminary has come under intense criticisms since he petitioned the Nigerian police to arrest Farotimi, with Nigerians locally and in the diaspora already set for a mega protest to force the nonagenarian to stop his alleged abuse of power.

Obi, who came from Lagos to Ekiti State on Monday, reportedly had "indepth discussions" with Babalola including on Farotimi's matter, but sources who were at the meeting confirmed that the former Labour Party candidate rather begged the legal luminary.

Farotimi had appeared before the court on Monday following charges brought against him by Afe Babalola SAN under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015.

"Today, Mr. @PeterObi travelled from Lagos to Ekiti State, dedicating the entire day to meaningful engagements. He visited Aare Afe Babalola at his office within the Afe Babalola University, where they had in-depth discussions on critical issues, including the situation of activists and lawyer @DeleFarotimi," a social media user posted.

"Following this, Mr. @PeterObi proceeded to the prison facility where @DeleFarotimi is being held. In a private meeting, he expressed solidarity and engaged in a candid exchange aimed at addressing the prevailing challenges. - DrMo"

The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday had granted N50million bail to human rights lawyer, Farotimi, after the police filed charges against him over allegations of cybercrime.

Justice Babs O. Kuewumi, presiding over the court on Monday, December 9, 2024, had ruled that Farotimi be released on bail with conditions that included a N50million surety and a guarantor possessing a landed property of equivalent value.

The case, with suit number FHC/AD/CR/104/2024, was filed by the Inspector-General of Police, alleging cybercrime activities linked to Farotimi.

However, Justice Kuewumi adjourned the case to January 29, 2025, for further proceedings.

SaharaReporters had last Friday reported that the Nigerian police filed fresh charges against Farotimi, before the Federal High Court In Ado-Ekiti, over allegations of cybercrime.

BiafranPatriot:
Instantly them land..

Truly una no get sense at all..

Tribalism and bigotry don finish una.

So na Mama dey determine the tribe of a child

Haba Yoruba man..get Sense

Na WA!!!!

BiafranPatriot:
Before you say Dele is IGBO candidate..

Its not difficult for bigots to start talking Nonsense

psucc:
There's this post I read on Friday on X that a particular renown Legal practitioner advised that the best response to defamation is to move on and let it be bygone. That an attempt to seek redress gives the defendant an opportunity to dig deep and tell more including the ones you thought no human ever know.

tishbite43:
Afe Babalola don enter wahala