Tope Temokun, one of the lawyers representing human rights activist and legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, said his client did not send Peter Obi to beg octogenarian legal icon, Afe Babalola, in the alleged defamation suit involving Farotimi and Babalola.
Earlier in December, the police in Ekiti State arrested Farotimi at his Lagos office and bundled him to Ekiti State for prosecution.
The police arraigned the author for publishing a book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’ where he alleged that Afe Babalola corrupted the judiciary and procured a revised judgement in the Supreme Court.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to all the charges levelled against him and has been remanded in prison for two weeks while legal fireworks continue in multiple courts. Farotimi is also facing similar charges in Abuja and Oyo state.