The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), on Tuesday, dismissed a petition filed by Afe Babalola & Co, the law firm of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Afe Babalola, seeking to disbar lawyer Dele Farotimi. The petition stemmed from Mr Farotimi’s widely circulated book, Nigeria and Criminal Justice System, which is unsparingly critical of Mr Babalola, … Read more
The law firm of top lawyer Afe Babalola has urged the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) to disbar lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi, over his controversial book, titled, ‘Nigeria and its criminal justice system.’ Mr Farotimi’s book, a freewheeling criticism of Mr Babalola, his law firm and its lawyers as well as the entire Nigerian … Read more
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has ordered the seizure of physical copies of lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi’s book, alleged to contain defamatory content about prominent Nigerian lawyer Afe Babalola. The judge, Peter Kekemeke, issued the order on Wednesday, directing the police and other security agencies to seize copies of the … Read more
