Afe Babalola, a prominent Nigerian lawyer, has filed a lawsuit against human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi, aiming to stop the publication and distribution of Farotimi’s latest book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’.
The suit alleges that the book defames Babalola by making claims of corruption and complicity in weakening Nigeria’s judicial system.
Babalola is seeking court orders to confiscate all royalties from the book and to restrict its availability on platforms such as Amazon.
The order for the seizure of Mr. Farotimi’s book was issued shortly after it reportedly became the number one bestseller in global politics on Amazon, the international tech and retail giant, on Thursday.
The court order stated: “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 however 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.
“An order of interlocutory injunction directing the seizure of all physical copies of the book authored by the defendant/respondent titled: ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’ wherever they may be.”
The controversial book alleges, among other claims, that Mr. Babalola manipulated the judiciary to secure favorable judgments for his clients.
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