Further publication or sale of Dele Farotimi’s book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’ has been restrained by an interim order issued by court in Oyo.
Adebayo Adenipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) with Afe Babalola & Co, filed the suit marked I/1442/2024 on Monday.
Farotimi and Dele Farotimi Publishers were listed as the first and second defendants.
M.A. Adegbola, the presiding judge, restrained the defendants and their republishers, including Amazon Online Bookstore, Rovingheights Bookstore, Booksellers Bookstore, Jazzhole Lagos Bookstore, Glendora Bookshop, Quintessence Lagos Bookstore, and Patabah Books Limited, from further publishing and selling the book.
The judge also ordered that the publication, whether hard or soft copy, must be stopped from further publication and sale through any mainstream or social media platform or any other means whatsoever, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
The court adjourned the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction to January 7, 2025.
Recall that last Tuesday, the Ekiti police command arrested Farotimi over alleged defamation and cyberbullying.
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