Ekiti State Excessive Court docket has granted Dele Farotimi N50m bail.
PoliticalNews Nigeria reviews that human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State Excessive Court docket.
This Nigeria information platform understands that the courtroom granted Farotimi bail within the sum of N50 million, with a surety of the identical quantity.
The courtroom dominated that the surety should possess a landed property and adjourned the matter to January 29, 2025, for additional proceedings.
Farotimi was taken to courtroom by Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, after being arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command.
Babalola, 95, accused Farotimi of defaming him in a e book titled Nigeria and Its Felony Justice System.
The arrest sparked outrage throughout the nation, prompting civil society organizations and the Nigerian Bar Affiliation to name for the activist’s launch.