Controversial human rights lawyer cum activist, Dele Farotimi, has broken down in tears during a live video session while reflecting on the support he received from Nigerians during his detention.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reported that Farotimi, in his alleged defamation case against Afe Babalola, was remanded by the Ekiti state magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti court for 21 days, but was released from the State Correctional Centre after fulfilling his bail conditions.
The bail conditions include ₦30 million bond, 2 sureties (one shall be a house owner), submit his passport and shall not grant any media interview.
Speaking during a social media live session on Sunday, Farotimi, unable to control his emotions, shed tears while thanking Nigerians who rallied support for him.
He said, “We stop being humans because we became Nigerians. They divided us and we fell for it because you wouldn’t see me as a Yoruba, you spoke for me, because you wouldn’t see me as a Christian, you spoke for me. Because you spoke, Nigeria could not happen to me.
“The only reason Nigeria couldn’t happen to me is because you spoke. You found your voices, I became you and in our collective, you couldn’t be silenced.”