Dele Farotimi, in his book Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System, accused prominent legal figure Afe Babalola of contributing to the corruption within the Nigerian judiciary. Specifically, Farotimi recounted a case he was involved in at the Supreme Court, where he alleged that Babalola used undue influence to secure favorable judgments. These claims form part of the broader narrative in the book, which critiques systemic issues in the country's legal system.
Citing the case of Major Muritala Gbadamosi 8c Ors v. H.R.H Oba Tijani Akinloye & Ors, otherwise known as the Gbadamosi-Eletu case, Mr Farotimi contended that Mr Bablola, “corrupted the Supreme Court to procure a fraudulent judgment in the service of his clients.”
He also alleged that a firm doctored the court judgement based on which a Lagos judge, at the time, illegally issued a warrant of execution but later quashed the warrant after it was challenged.
The book claimed that the law firm of “S. B. Joseph & Co. procured two warrants to execute the said judgment by doctoring the original judgment of the Supreme Court” and that “Atilade O, Justice at the time and the Administrative Judge of the Lagos Judicial Division, unlawfully issued a warrant of execution based on the doctored judgment and without the enrolled order of the Supreme Court.”
The book also alleged that “Atilade, J quashed the fraudulently obtained warrant following an application of counsel in protest against same.”
Going by the experience, amongst other factors explained in the book, Mr Farotimi concluded that the criminality and complicity of the country’s judiciary will not allow it to dispense true justice, which it had sworn to uphold.
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