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Kewtt:

He who alleges MUST PROVE

Dele Dele Dele… just gather some elders in your family to beg Chief…. And let everything go away… hmmmn

pennyland:
We Nigerians have to respond to this people called judiciary,by coming out to show the world that Mr Dele have fighting for Nigerians it is our turn now to fight for him,even during military regime it wasn't like

He made a specific allegation against a fellow citizen. That is the issue here. Not a fight for or against Nigeria.

Vlibray:
Denied bail for a bailable offence ?
You people are really funny in that Nigeria..
Do you know many times people have made/published false claims about Trump or Biden or Obama ?
Countless times. Have you seen anybody arresting anyone ?. No
Most of the time, those who try to silence or censor someone are often guilty of the very thing being discussed.

.. you don't seem to see the difference between thse people you quoted and this case: Let me help, Trump. Obama and Biden are public persons, politicians, presidents, they put themselves out there for all to see and should be ready for such things. Afe Babalola is a private person and private persons can choose the level of insults they are willing to tolerate from others.

eldoradoxx:

Anyone says another person committed a crime is the person that must prove it and not the person that is accused according to my friend that is a lawyer. So let Afe prove that he is not corrupt. Like i said, I have very deep regard for Chief Afe, but i believe he should have sued him for defamation. This criminal matter does not make sense, it exposes him more as controlling even the Magistrate in Ekiti

you are clearly emotionally confused

BoldBrainz:


Gbam!

Babalola should lock him up and throw away the keys until the ill-mannered lunatic learns to respect his elders according to Yoruba ethics, even if those elders are thieves and Judicial conmen😊.

So, how old do you think is Dele? A child right?

adioolayi:
Well, we may see Peter Obi as a mediator..which is very good.
There is nothing wrong in finding out of the court settlement on issues..it's a peace initiative.

My only concern here is glare hypocrisy playing out among the so called sympathizers of Dele Farotimi....You can't be claiming Dele Farotimi has done well and he is on the side of the law on one side and also label Afe Babalola a monster at the other side....then, turn back to a call for a peace move...since you are so sure Dele Farotimi has never committed any crime.

If he has not committed any crime, as many as labelled what happened a civil suit...then ,there is no need for any emissaries to go and beg Afe Babalola.

I know some will argue Dele Farotimi didn't send Peter Obi to beg....well, what an elder see while sitting, a young person will not see even on a ladder.

I strongly believe Peter Obi would have acted from loads of wise counsels.

It's well.

So, if they need emissary to beg Afe, why do you think Obi is the fitting choice? There are plenty of people who are closer to Afe than Obi

ghm:


.. you don't seem to see the difference between thse people you quoted and this case: Let me help, Trump. Obama and Biden are public persons, politicians, presidents, they put themselves out there for all to see and should be ready for such things. Afe Babalola is a private person and private persons can choose the level of insults they are willing to tolerate from others.

Afe is a private person .
Okay
Is the offence a bailable offence or not ?

Vlibray:
Denied bail for a bailable offence ?
You people are really funny in that Nigeria..
Do you know many times people have made/published false claims about Trump or Biden or Obama ?
Countless times. Have you seen anybody arresting anyone ?. No
Most of the time, those who try to silence or censor someone are often guilty of the very thing being discussed.

So to publish falsehood is a licence? If you must defame then prove? We need this in this country particularly against those chasing followers online.

Those that are against Dele Farotimi for the allegedly accusation on Are Afe Babalola should please wait till the outcome of the court procedure .

According to Dele, he spent 10years on the book, automatically, he may have evidences to back up.

Most importantly, the hearing of the suit have not started yet., so Mr Dele is innocent until proved otherwise

Vision101:

So to publish falsehood is a licence? If you must defame then prove? We need this in this country particularly against those chasing followers online.

Is the offence bailable or not ?

yarimo:
DEJI ADEYANJU, JACKSON UDE, HUNDAYIN, TIMI FRANK and all bitter Obidients beware of defamations

Stockholm Syndrome.

YeyeGbami:
Na till next year be that, sometimes too much talk no good. No be everytime cho cho cho.

They don hype am enter jail, anyway two portions of rice awaits him.

If you go allow obingo push you enter kuje, darizit for you.

What would you had expected from an outstandingly corrupt Judiciary? There is no presumption of innocence in its delivery of judicial activities.

What a very BIG SHAME!

Dapromzy333:

https://news360ng.com/breaking-dele-farotimi-denied-bail-remanded-in-prison-custody/

I dont know what is worse..

The fact that a Nigerian court would allow Farotimi to be detained over a civil case

Or the fact that many Nigerians don't even see the anomaly in this whole situation.

Farotimi has been accused of defamation.....a civil cas that ought to be settled in court.

Now he has been kidnapped and detained without a proper warrant.

At what point does Afe Babalola hope to prove Farotimi wrong.

Afe Babalola is simply living up to his accs words by being a party to the gross lawlessness in Nigeria

prickursense:


I believe to answer the question you have posted, put yourself in Afe Babalola's shoes. Having done that, you can then see why Dele should be detained,and processed through the very justice system he so easily accused of malfeasance, without tangible evidence.

I hold Dele Farotimi in high regard. I see Dele as a honest person, and a right thinking human rights activist.

A human rights activist must respect the rights of other people, because a whole lot of people hold him in high esteem and probably believe what he is saying in the media, while forging his brand of activism.

The brand of activism becomes suspect, if a lawyer, who is an activist, become remanded in prison for breaking the law for defamation. That means his activism is not genuine. His activism is not sincere, because he did not research the law properly for him to realise that he did not have legal ground to stand on, in this matter with Afe Babalola. He may not have malice-afore-thought. But he has mens Rea in the broad sense of the word. This is the reason why there will be a criminal conviction. Dele has mens Rea. The book title demonstrates that.

Some people will say, Afe Babalola should pardon and let it go. That is not going to happen.

Dele should know better than defame his professional group, of which he is an active member. He will be taught a difficult lesson. They will waste his most precious asset, his time, and then he will spend a lot of his own money until he starts to be his own legal counsel. Nigerians will learn about defamation from this case.

NB: Every professional body or association around the world is like a cult group. They have priority with main objective to look after interests, especially loyal .

Yet the NBA the legal body in Nigeria can against the manner for which he was arrested?

Also, we now know that Ekiti State have decriminalize libel, meaning his continual present in detention is a human right abuse and abuse of power.

prickursense:


I believe to answer the question you have posted, put yourself in Afe Babalola's shoes. Having done that, you can then see why Dele should be detained,and processed through the very justice system he so easily accused of malfeasance, without tangible evidence.

I hold Dele Farotimi in high regard. I see Dele as a honest person, and a right thinking human rights activist.

A human rights activist must respect the rights of other people, because a whole lot of people hold him in high esteem and probably believe what he is saying in the media, while forging his brand of activism.

The brand of activism becomes suspect, if a lawyer, who is an activist, become remanded in prison for breaking the law for defamation. That means his activism is not genuine. His activism is not sincere, because he did not research the law properly for him to realise that he did not have legal ground to stand on, in this matter with Afe Babalola. He may not have malice-afore-thought. But he has mens Rea in the broad sense of the word. This is the reason why there will be a criminal conviction. Dele has mens Rea. The book title demonstrates that.

Some people will say, Afe Babalola should pardon and let it go. That is not going to happen.

Dele should know better than defame his professional group, of which he is an active member. He will be taught a difficult lesson. They will waste his most precious asset, his time, and then he will spend a lot of his own money until he starts to be his own legal counsel. Nigerians will learn about defamation from this case.

NB: Every professional body or association around the world is like a cult group. They have priority with main objective to look after interests, especially loyal .

Having now read the original 16 count charges against him in the magistrate court.

Now of the charges cited Ekiti State Criminal code, they are based on section 59, 373 and 375 of the Criminal code of Nigeria adopted into Ekiti State Criminal code under Cap 16. Also Cap 16 of Ekiti State criminal code was repealed and replaced by section 429(a) of the Ekiti State criminal code which did not cite defamation as a criminal conduct.

Therefore the trial in the magistrate court is trying a federal case and not Ekiti State case, so all the noise about Ekiti has not de-criminalize defamation like Lagos and Edo State are mere distractions.

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