Aare Afe Babalola SAN, the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, agreed to let go of the lawsuits filed against activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi on Monday morning.
Following Babalola’s petition to the Ekiti State police commissioner alleging that Farotimi defamed him in a book titled ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System,’ the police detained the activist lawyer and prosecuted him in two Ekiti courts.
As a result, Farotimi faced trial for alleged criminal defamation in an Ekiti State Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti District, as well as accused cyberbullying in the Ado Ekiti Division of the Federal High Court.
But Babalola, who spoke at ABUAD after the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and other top traditional rulers at the midnight meeting, said, he had agreed to withdraw the criminal case, saying, “I will tell my lawyers to withdraw the case.”
