In a lawsuit filed on December 6th, Ogunwumiju is seeking a court order to halt the publication and sale of the book in physical and online bookstores. He is also requesting N500 million in damages.
The lawsuit states: “An order of interlocutory injunction restraining the defendant/respondent, whether acting by himself, his staff, employees, servants, privies, representatives, agents, publishers, distributors, sellers, re-publishers, re-sellers, or any other person howsoever described including Amazon Online Bookstore, Rovingheights Bookstore, Booksellers Bookstore, Jazzhole Lagos Bookstore, Glendora Bookshop, Quintessence Lagos Bookstore and Patabah Books Limited from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising, or distributing the physical/hard/digital/soft copies of the book authored by the defendant/respondent titled: ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’, online, electronically, physically or by any other means including social media, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.”
Ogunwumiju also requested the court to order the seizure of all copies of the book and for Farotimi to issue a public apology in two national newspapers.
Farotimi was recently arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command on charges of defamation and cyberbullying related to allegations against Babalola. While he has been granted bail for the cybercrime charges, he still faces defamation charges.
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Abeg mk Una no dey call all these amount of money 😳😳 eeh, if i faint eeh
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Farotimi considered the potential outcomes before writing that book.
ReplyDeleteThe revered SAN will stop at nothing to bring Farotimi down.
Both parties have the right to litigate their claims in court, but the existence of "godfathers" in any system might tip the scales.
When strong individuals or systems are involved, it is common for justice and influence to be at odds.
This is not worth it.
ReplyDeleteIf the defamation was purely for traffic, it's really not worth it as it is now.
If the judicial system was made corrupt, Afe didn't start it. Neither should he point hands at him. Nor was he the only sitting Chief justice till inception, certainly NO.
As it is, I don't mind going with Peter Obi to beg on Farotimi's behalf. Two heads are better one.
To err is human!
Wahala warhalaa!!!🤨
ReplyDeleteBut did he lie? He didn't. Bullying illegally with the police solidifies his position
ReplyDeleteToo much wahala for one person
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