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HUMAN rights activist, Dele Farotimi has been granted a N50 million bail by the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
This was made known by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress – AC, in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore on Monday.
“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,” Sowore said via his X handle.
Sowore wrote in another post that Farotimi’s “farcical trial” would continue on Tuesday at the Magistrate Court in the state capital.
He described the alleged crime as a ‘’non-existent offence in Ekiti law books.”
“We’ve asked the Attorney-General of Ekiti State to discontinue the trial immediately,” Sowore added.
Farotimi, also a lawyer, was remanded in prison custody by the Ado-Ekiti magistrate court on Wednesday, December 7, 2024, following his arrest on 16 counts of alleged criminal defamation a Senior Advocate of Nigeria – SAN, and founder of the Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola, in a book recently published by the Lagos based activist, titled, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.’
