By Our Reporter
The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday has ordered that the criminal defamation suit filed by the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe BAbalola, against human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, be struck out.
This follows Babalola’s decision to forgive Farotimi after due intervention by the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and other prominent Yoruba monarchs.
The defendant’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) confirmed that his Farotimi had agreed to the discontinuance, but added that other cases were still pending in different courts.
He said, “In this case, we were served with a notice of discontinuance this morning. We accepted it, and the case at the high court here has been struck out.
Recall that Babalola announced on Sunday that he had forgiven Farotimi after a visit by the Ooni and other leaders.
The police prosecutor, Samson Osobu, filed the notice of discontinuance, dated January 29, 2025, to withdraw the defamation suit against the Lagos-based human rights activist.
In his ruling, Justice Babs Kuewunmi struck out the case after the defense accepted the notice of discontinuance.
This is just one of several cases relating to the matter against Farotimi. Others are still pending.
FP gathered that the suits in Ogun, Oyo, Port Harcourt, and Abuja have still not been resolved.
The human rights lawyer, farotimi, was reportedly in court but refused to speak to the journalists pressing him for information.