The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, ANC, in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, made this known on Monday on his X handle.
He added that the case was adjourned to January 29, 2025.
His post on the handle reads: “The first hurdle was crossed. #DeleFarotimi was granted bail of N50 million surety in the like sum with someone with landed property. The case was adjourned to January 29, 2025.”
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Following his arrest by the police on criminal defamation, Farotimi was remanded in prison by the Ado-Ekiti magistrate court on Wednesday, December 7, 2024.
The alleged offence was said to have been committed against renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, in his (Farotimi’s) book – “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.”
Babalola, who is also the founder of Afe Babalola University, said Farotimi, in the book, accused him of “corrupting the Supreme Court from ages past and had led it to commit the most egregious acts of evil and wanting injustice.”
