Bookshop removes Farotimi’s book from shelves nationwide

The Managing Director of Glendora Bookshop Ikeja, Lagos State, has reportedly instructed the withdrawal of all the copies of “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” book written by human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from its bookshelves across its stores nationwide.

According to a report by SaharaReporters, the staff members said the directive was in compliance with an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

It would be recalled that a Federal high court in Abuja had barred further production and distribution of “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”, the book written by human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi.

The order is over the alleged defamation content in the book against legal luminary, Afe Babalola, SAN.

SaharaReporters quoted a staff member of the bookshop to have confirmed the directive on Wednesday, adding “the owner of the Glendora Bookshop has directed that we should remove the book from the shelves immediately and return to the publishers.

“As we speak, all the copies of the book have been removed from our shelves. In short, we don’t have any copy left in our store now.”

The book has been a topic of heated debate due to its allegations of judicial manipulation and recently became a global bestseller in the politics category on the Amazon platform.

Farotimi was arrested in his Lagos office by armed policemen on 3 December and taken to Ekiti.

On the following day, he was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti for alleged criminal defamation of legal luminary, Afe Babalola, SAN, in the book, “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”.

Afe Babalola got a court order that all sales and distribution of the book, both physical and digital copies, be stopped immediately.