NewStats: 3,259,463 , 8,170,204 topics. Date: Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 07:07 AM 16n66

It is not too difficult to know the origin of our many problems as a country. The gradual destruction of the country by the elites started many decades ago. The British handed over a very rich country to us. In 1973 when Naira was launched, 1 British Pounds was exchanging for 2 Nigerian Naira. At this time, 1 Naira was exchanging for around 2 American dollars. This shows how rich we were as a nation (even though we didn't know) and the potentials for growth that we had if only we knew how to turn the abundant resources into wealth for the country.

Shortly after this early good years/independence, the mindless destruction of the wealth of Nigeria by our leaders/elites started. Instead of building on what was handed over to us and investing in infrastructure and people, personal struggle for power, unbridled wealth, and greed followed. All these led to ethnic and religious divisions in the country. It is like the case of South Sudan which till today is still reeling in power struggle amongst her elites with attendant violence and the poor people bearing the brunt of the elites' rascality.

We have had a president/head of state in these early years after Nigeria independence who told his follow citizens he didn't know what to do with the ocean of money we had. Fast forward that to 2025, you would be confused what the country has become ... thanks to our leaders/elites. 1 British Pound now exchange for over N2,000.00 while 1 American dollar is now over N1,500. The country is now wallowing in debt and couldn't provide basic necessities of life for her citizens. Our elites should be ashamed of themselves. Instead, they clad in flowing native attires every weekend attending parties, dancing, and enjoying the proceeds of the destruction of the country. Poor Nigerians, professionals, and graduates from our higher institutions now have no other option than to "Japa" to other countries that could offer them some semblance of good life.

Still, no lesson has been learned and there hasn't been a change of course. The elites still continue to feed on the little we have left - the little that makes us look like a country. Ex-governors amended the laws in their states to include bogus life remuneration for themselves so that enjoyment continues even after living office. Politicians live like kings in their domains. For the elites on the side of those in power, it is eldorado. That is why the rate of defection after election is usually high. Tell me who is left in the PDP. Even those elected in the LP have all moved to the APC except a few. All want to live large at the expense of the country.

treesun:


https://reubenabati.com.ng/featur/weak-naira-is-good-many-people-can-t-travel-again-tinubu-s-aide/

Wahala... There are two possibilities here.

- He knows the truth, but he is trying to make an excuse for the failure if his master
OR
- He doesn't know anything about the issue at hand in which case it is a disaster having someone like this as an aid to a president that needs help

What happened in Ibadan and two other places (Abuja and Anambra) was a national tragedy. According to reports, more than 67 people (men, women and children) lost their lives in these avoidable tragedies. Our thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives while we pray for a speedy recovery for those who sustained injuries in the stampedes.

As expected, the security agents have swung into action and suspects have been arrested especially in the case of Ibadan where most of the victims were children. Ex-Queen Naomi and Hamzat Oriyomi of Agidigbo FM were among those arrested and now remanded in prison. According to the honorable justice, the suspects should be kept in prison while further directives are being awaited from the security agents.

As human beings, it is natural to be enraged by what happened and then ask for the head of the organizers. While what happened is painful, can we prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again by punishing organizers of charity events? Would sentencing the ex-queen and Oriyomi to prison or even death stop stampede of this nature? My thought process says NO.

First, we need to take emotion out of this and face the issue - what happened, how it happened, and what caused it. This is what the proceedings at the court would bring out. The other questions then would be;

- Is it a crime to organize a charity event?
- Did the organizers physically do anything that could have caused the stampede and then the loss of lives? E.g. shooting a gun, pushing or beating attendees, etc
- Can the organizers of the event be held able for the behavior of the attendees? E.g. attendees jumping queue and pushing other attendees, etc

I doubt if any case can be proven against the organizers especially as it concerns murder. I am not a lawyer... so I may be wrong.

I think the bitter lesson we all should learn from this is the need for orderliness. Driving on the road, buying fuel at filling station, queuing to collect palliatives, etc should not always be seen as a competition. We should always think about the other people and the need for a society that is orderly even if it means the palliative not getting to you or the fuel finishing before you get to the pump. This, I think, is the only thing that can stop this kind of tragedy from happening.

BigDawsNet:


The SUV is not just a bluetprove SUV only
It has lots of high tech security features that even if shot a missiles on it won’t penetrates..

Abi you want you president to be using? Highlander 2013 model?

Who cares if he uses Peugeot 504? His primary assignment is to govern the country well and make the country work for all. Does he need luxury to make that happen? The answer is NO. Below is the picture of a prime minister of Netherland parking his bicycle which he rode to the office daily.

Africans, and their supposed leaders have no idea what governing a country is all about. We should be recolonized.

zero8zero:


https://thenationonlineng.net/first-lady-gives-out-22800-bags-of-rice-to-norths-christians/

Stop this nonsense. Make the country work and empower the people so they can afford to buy rice themselves. In a country where leaders are leaders, there would be food banks across the country where whoever in need of can go and get the food they need. This should be part of the fabric of a country, not something a politician does at his whims and caprices.

Asking for food banks is like demanding for luxury in a country where leaders have abandoned public schools and hospitals, though.

BigDawsNet:


The outgoing president's car may have aged or sustained wear from years of use, so it may no longer meet the strict standards for presidential transportation.

I know you might say Shebi it’s just 4 years

But don’t forget for the Elite to use an SUV for 4 years… it’s alrdy old


Even some rich folks in naija or average people will consider upgrading dia car after 3years

Which use? Where dem dey drive the car go?
Even we that drive our cars to everywhere we go in the country, we use new cars for at least 10 years.

Nigeria is a poor country, and it should reflect in the way our leaders use and manager our resources. You can't say Nigeria is poor and at the same time the leaders are living like kings. Even the countries we borrow money from, their leaders don't live this way.

Let even assume the car is old and needs to be changed, why go for a more expensive car?

Mcreloaded:
What happened to the bullet proof vehicle the last president used.
Just asking for a friend

Too small for the almighty Jagaban... just imagine the one and only Jagaban of Bogu in that small rickety car - No No No. The least he can use is the armored escalade

Now remaining the governors to order their own

givedemwotowoto:
This one is advising someone who unleashed hardship on Nigerians confidently with his full

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in Lagos for Christmas/New Year holidays. He arrived in Lagos on Thursday and everybody in the metropolis felt his presence as free vehicular movements were disrupted and Lagosians spent hours in traffic gridlock across the city caused by president's movement from the airport to his residence in Ikoyi.

As if that was not enough, Mr president decided on Friday to go to Ikeja Central Mosque for Jumat prayer. By the way, I am a Muslim, so there is no religious sentiment in my position. Just like Thursday, Lagosians again had to bear the brunt of the president's decision to travel from Ikoyi to Ikeja for Jumat prayer. Many were in traffic for almost 10 hours yesterday. I am not sure this is good enough.

I expect the president and his advisers to know that Lagos is not like Abuja. We don't have many good and wide roads in Lagos. Any disruption of traffic on 3rd mainland bridge would certainly be felt across Lagos especially when there is no warning and traffic advisory.

While we love the president and want him to celebrate Christmas and New Year with us in Lagos , I don't think he should be driving around town everyday given what a presidential movement entails (convoy, security, etc).

004gist:


There is different between illiterate migrants and the word migrants.
Listen to her videos. She said migration to the United Kingdom has been too high and it will be reduced.
Migration policies.... Means people coming to the United Kingdom to school or work has to be reduced.

If it has to be reduced... Then policies will be made for them not to reach or get indefinite leave to remain. Already it has been 10 years for everyone or 7 years for skill workers n 5 years for carers. Dhe is pushing for all this to be reviewed

Please that she came via this means. I don't know why our people like to do over sabi.. Just look at the Indians, Pakistani having strong root in the system

I know because she is yoruba u will twist every word to her. Just as the other yoruba guy was telling the UK government that we don't come to read but to japa.

Lastly people with unity of purpose build nations not people with hatred for each other. Last elections came and u guys chose a a criminal because of tribe n religion after ing Buhari for 8 goid years...

After tinubu won.. I packed my stuff n left the country for good. I was speaking with a Zimbabwen the other day he said tinubu will win next election.. I should mark his word.

Why not focus on fixing your country by confronting your leaders instead of putting all your hopes on another country's immigration policy. UK can even decide to ban Nigerians from entering their country... It is their country, not yours. UAE did this to us recently, what happened?

BondRiv:


The problem is that you don't understand what it means to exploit something for political gain, especially in this context. Obviously, if she was exploiting Nigeria for political gain (which she currently is), she wouldn't depend on from Nigerians. She is pandering to white demographics. Trying to appear less threatening and appealing to them. Something whites would love to hear and be comfortable with, including the supremacists.

Did she lie about Nigeria?

BondRiv:


You are slow. So why then do you think she brought Nigeria up for an election she was running in Britain? Do you understand what it means to exploit something for political gain, or are you busy being slow? Na wa.

Exploit what? What is it about Nigeria to exploit in UK elections? Is it the population of Nigerians in the UK or the reputation of Nigeria?
How significant is the population of Nigerians in the UK to influence the election there?
An average Nigerian in the UK or elsewhere is also not proud of Nigeria except some insane trolls who probably because of political patronage want the rest of us to say Nigeria is working even when it is obvious to the blind that the country is going down. Badenoch said Nigeria is broken. Is this not true? This should have been taken as a wakeup call by Nigerian leaders instead of trying to gaslight everybody about Badenoch's comment.

BondRiv:


Is India perfect? Stop dancing around the issue. I don't know how some of you reason. There are a lot of negative things Sunak could have said about India for political gain, if he was that desperate.

You don't know what you're saying. Because India is not perfect, we should not talk about the problems confronting our country? We should not tell ourselves the truth? Badenoch should say everything is fine with Nigeria? I wonder if some of you really want anything good for this country. Just tell me one thing Nigeria is getting right... Something we can talk about in glowing .

VaginaAcademic:
Rishi sunak didn't behave like this to the Indian community

India is not like Nigeria and the politicians/elites there are not like ours. People from all over, including Nigeria, go to India for medical care, etc. If they are not excelling in these areas, nobody would go there. Now, tell me one thing that anybody wants to come to Nigeria for except those who come here to explore and exploit our natural resources?

By the way, it is not about Nigerian community in the UK or elsewhere, it about the country and her leaders. Her grouse is about how Nigeria has been brought on his knees by the so-called leaders - the Gandujes, Tinubus, Shettimas, Atikus, OBJs, Babangidas, etc

Topman7:
Typical dirty betrayer and traitor.

She collected money and from the UK Nigerian community to achieve her position, promising them heaven and earth.

Now it has turned to “It’s not my job to be Nigeria’s PR”.

Disgusting person.

What PR job do you expect her to do for Nigeria? To say Nigeria is a corruption free country and that Nigerian leaders/elites are doing fantastically well?

Are you a Nigerian?

These are the names that come to mind at the moment. You can add to the list...

- Dele Farotimi (for writing a book on the corruption in the Nigeria Judiciary)
- Kemi Badenoch (for talking about the corruption in Nigeria)

Nigerian leaders/elites (the beneficiaries of the warped system) don't want anybody to talk about corruption... The main issue that is killing the country

004gist:


Yes she can tackle the Nigerian government to sit up.

But telling the UK people that they must tighten their border n reduce migrant in their country is not fair. Please listen to her speech on how she attacks migrant

Do u know what it means to reduce migrant..? It means they should make policies that will drive migrants in drove out of UK

She was talking about illegal immigrants. She is not opposed to legal immigrants, and she can't be since the immigration is approved by the authorities. She loves her country (UK) and the reason she is ionate about an immigration policy that brings value, not only to the immigrants, but also to the UK.

Trump is saying this same thing in the US. He has promised mass deportation but only of illegal immigrants and tightening their borders to prevent illegal immigration.

African leaders should fix their countries instead of looting and laundering money that could have been used to develop the countries and created opportunities for their people. Who says Nigeria can't be better than the UK in all areas? Human beings built those countries, not angels. So, what's it that makes us think immigrating to the UK, US, Canada, etc is the only way out of our situation? How many Emiratis would want to run to the UK, US, or Canada? How many Swedes would want to immigrate even legally to the UK?

004gist:
Few days from now they will be discussing granting indefinite leave to remain in UK for Healthcare workers in just two years as against the 5 years in which Nigerians are to benefit greatly for this

But we know that kemi will oppose it and she benefited from something like this in past.

She wants to oppose everything black to gain trust of the white

Is the pitiable condition of Nigeria and Nigerians not bad enough for anybody to oppose the Nigerian leaders and denigrate them? Why can't we prove her wrong by eschewing corruption and begin to build a nation? It is not too late to do this... we can begin today if we want the Badenochs and the rest of the world to take us seriously.

Maxymilliano:


https://www.thecable.ng/she-is-not-interested-in-doing-nigerias-pr-kemi-badenochs-aide-replies-shettima/

It is about Nigerian leaders/rulers - not the country. So, we need more of her who would speak the truth about the corruption in Nigeria by the leaders and the "jankara" elites.

Bobloco:


https://dailypost.ng/2024/12/11/court-halts-publication-sale-of-farotimis-book-orders-police-dss-to-seize-copies/

Just ordered some copies on Amazon... Baba needs to go to the US to get similar injunction to stop Amazon from distributing the book . In the US where freedom of speech is guaranteed in the first amendment.

press9jatv:
the fg approved land is Ido Osun and it’s much useful and good for airport projects. Adeleke lost the one again.

What do you mean by "FG approved land..."?

This is a state project, owned and financed by the state. The state can decide to locate it anywhere they want. They only need to meet the rules and regulations set out by Civil Aviation Authority.

Thunderfayamods:

You people will not face facts but only insults!
Tell me the importance of airport in Osun or how bad the state needs it.

I agree, airport shouldn't be the priority of a state like Osun.

press9jatv:



https://thenationonlineng.net/fg-halts-adelekes-move-to-relocate-osun-airport-project-to-ede-amid-protests/amp/

Who are those people in Ido-Osun protesting the relocation? Is the existing location not also in Ede? Is it not just that it is on the Ido-osun side of Ede? It is like moving something from one corner of a room to another corner - probably a corner that is closer to the door.

Those guys protesting should go and look for work to do. The new location is far better for Osun state and a lot more accessible for people from all parts of the state. Airport is not a birth right of any town or village in Osun and it is not just for the people of a particular place. Therefore, the location must be one that benefits the state in general.
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Abbeytoy:
The useless lady or girl calls all the Nigerian nurses in the UK ashawo, na since then, I do not rate her no matter her achievements in life.

Did you bother to check if she was saying the truth about the Nigerian nurses? You can be a nurse and still be ashawo and that's why a lot of them are single mothers... Same in the US.

And put the PDP?

We need a break from both the APC and PDP.

Mindlog:
Shettima should face his front.

And stop the looting and rapping of the countries by politicians of which he is one. Let the Nigerian politicians for once work for the development of the country and see how they would be respected anywhere they go. Today's Nigerian politicians may have illicit money but who respects them again? They are looked down upon like common criminals anywhere they go

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 ed 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 it 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 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

Seeing this makes me wonder if our leaders (across all tiers of government) have anything call shame.
Here we have a renowned lawyer in handcuff all because he dared to speak the truth while people who are accused of looting billions and abusing their office are treated like celebrities in our courts. This is not good for our country. It is not good for today and it is not good for the future of the country.

How can any leader/elder be happy building a country that punishes people for daring to speak out their mind while we celebrate people who are accused of looting, stealing, etc.

SmartyPants:


Are you kidding?? Books are perserved for hundreds of years after the lifetime of their author... Would you allow a book containing defamatory material about you to soil your legacy without answer?

Stop pretending to be dumb.

The truth should be preserved for centuries so the future generations could lean from it. Have you read El-Rufai's "The Accidental Public Servant"? If you haven't, please read it and come back to tell us what Farotimi wrote in his book that El-Rufai didn't write about Obasanjo, etc.

Lifestone:

So you are going to tell Afe how to seek redress for the injury he suffered. The law permit him to charge Dele criminally, we should respect his choice.

What injury did he suffer? In which court was it decided that he suffered injury? Claiming to have suffered injury is different from having actually suffered injury. Farotimi said the truth about the man and the way he was arrested and remanded corroborated everything he said in the book. In a just society, which is what we want, he hasn't slandered or libeled anybody - he said the truth about them. Afebabalola can write his own book to defend himself.

emkz:
It is time we all begin to condemn the weaponization of protests by Omoyele Sowore.

We must not sit idly and be selective when it comes to issues bordering on national security.

Mr Dele Farotimi not only made some damning allegations against Afe Babalola SAN in a book, he also made same in a press conference.

According to Afe Babalola's petition against Dele Farotimi, he petitioned that Dele Farotimi alleged as follows:



What has been established?

1. Dele Farotimi himself itted there was a bench warrant issued against him to appear in Ekiti State to answer to the summons. wWhy didn't he honour the invitations? He claimed he committed the crime in Lagos and saw no reason to be called to Ekiti. Which law school did he even attend?

2. Instead of attending to the warrants, Dele Farotimi rushed to do a press conference to make claims that Afe Babalola was using the judiciary to bully him. No one questioned his accusations; they just believed him, because in their eyes, he could do no wrong.

3. If there is a bench warrant, how is it illegal? Can it be vacated? How? If yes, why didn't he seek a superior court order to vacate it?

4. Sahara Reporters and People's Gazette are being used to villify Afe Babalola to the effect that they even lied that King's College was considering their relationship with Afe Babalola. I think they should be added to the law suit.

5. Some people do not understand that human rights activism is not a license to bully those they don't like. Many of the latter-day human rights so-called activists are using their voice to terrorize and destroy others. There must be ability for things said.

What we see is that there is unjustified anger by a certain mob against Afe Babalola, which we consider unfair. Dele Farotimi made some allegations against Afe Babalola and the Supreme Court as well as Justices of the Supreme Court, including Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour. It is incumbent upon Dele Farotimi to prove those allegations so that if anyone is corrupting our Supreme Court, the person is identified and EFCC steps in, and all judges involved are punished. Otherwise, let the law be applied on such if a case of defamation is established. It is also a matter that borders on national security if our Supreme Court is said to be corruptible and corrupted. If justices were compromised, the sensible thing to do would be to submit a petition to the NJC. If that was not done, then it amounts to malice to rush to write a book without substantiating such accusations. I urge the DSS to invite Dele Farotimi to come and give explanations on what he knows about corruption in the judiciary.

As for Afe Bababola, do not bow to the pressure of the mob. The name you have built for yourself and your children is being rubbished. Deploy every legal arsenal you have to ensure that Dele Farotimi proves everything he accused you of.

I'd also call upon the young ones who protests senselessly. Omoyele Sowore is a failed politician who uses protests to advance his failed political ambitions. He misled some of our young ones to riots last August. that some of them died. Has he visited their families? Do not allow yourself to be a weapon in the hands of a failed revolution monger, please.

What do you mean by weaponization of protests? Don't we all know how defamation issues are usually handled? Why should we condone rascality by the powerful people using the institutions of government to harass other citizens? Exactly what Farotimi talked about in his book is what we are seeing now. Can we therefore say he libeled or slandered someone? He said the simple truth about those involved.

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