The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an ex-parte order suspending the production and distribution of Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System, a book authored by human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi.
The court granted the order pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction dated and filed on Friday, December 6, 2024.
The book, which has sparked widespread debate due to allegations of judicial manipulation, recently became a global bestseller in the politics category on Amazon.
It was reported that armed police officers arrested Farotimi at his Lagos office on December 3, transporting him over 300 kilometers to Ekiti State.
He was remanded in prison custody on December 7, 2024, after being arrested on 16 counts of criminal defamation, following the publication of his book, Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.
Justice Peter Kekemeke granting the order after listening to the exparte application filed by the claimant, the managing partner at Afe Babalola’s law firm, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, said: “The order temporarily restrains the agents, publishers, distributors, sellers, re-publishers, re-sellers, or any other person howsoever described, including Dele Farotimi Publishers, 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 online, electronically, physically or by any other means including social media.”
The Nation
