Human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by a magistrate’s court sitting in Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Farotimi had been remanded in a correctional centre after he was first granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti in another case of cyberbullying and defamation.
Facing charges of defamation of Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in his book, titled, “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”, Farotimi was granted bail by the magistrate court on Friday.
According to the Ekiti magistrate court, the bail is subject to the following conditions: a 30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must be a property owner), submission of his passport, and a prohibition on granting media interviews.
Details shortly…