A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has struck out a defamation suit filed by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, against a human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi.
The suit, which was withdrawn by the prosecution, was filed over allegations in his book: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System”, which accused eminent lawyer, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, of influencing Supreme Court judges.
At the hearing yesterday, counsel for the complainant, Samson Osobu, told the court that the prosecution had filed a notice of discontinuance, citing Section 108(1)(2)(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015.
Osobu, who said the notice of discontinuance was filed on January 29, added that the decision to drop the suit followed interventions by well-meaning Nigerians and a request from Afe Babalola to discontinue the matter.
Farotimi’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), did not oppose the withdrawal.
Consequently, Justice Babs Kuewumi struck out the case, saying “this case is hereby struck out.”
Speaking to reporters after the ruling, Olumide-Fusika declined to comment on related matters pending in courts across
Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Port Harcourt and the Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti.
The withdrawal of the suit is attributed to the intervention of prominent traditional rulers in Yoruba land, led by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
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