The presidential candidate of the Labour party(LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has offered to meet the bail conditions of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reported that Farotimi, in his alleged defamation case against Afe Babalola, was granted bail by Ekiti Magistrate Court on Friday. The bail conditions include ₦30 million bond, 2 … Read more
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he would meet the bail conditions of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Henzodaily reported that Farotimi, in his alleged defamation case against Afe Babalola, was granted bail by Ekiti Magistrate Court on Friday. The bail conditions include ₦30 million bond, 2 sureties (one shall … Read more
The Magistrate Court hearing the bail application of Dele Farotimi in Ekiti State on Friday ordered the human rights activist and lawyer to drop his international passport with the court. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Farotimi is facing charges of defamation of Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in his book, titled, “Nigeria … Read more
Controversial human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi has been granted ₦30 million bail by a Magistrate court in Ekiti State. More to come… The post BREAKING: Dele Farotimi Granted ₦30 Million Bail appeared first on Henzodaily.
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. … Read more
The national caucus leaders of the Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, on Friday paid a solidarity visit to lawyer and author, Mr Dele Farotimi, at the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre to deliver a private message from their national leader, Chief Adebanjo and to enquire about his wellbeing. Farotimi, a member of the national caucus of … Read more
Veteran Nollywood actor and former spokesman of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo has raised an alarm that the life of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, may be in danger. According to Okonkwo via the microblogging platform, X the author of ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’ stance on what he wrote in … Read more
The law firm of Afe Babalola has submitted a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) requesting the removal of Dele Farotimi, from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners. The petition accuses Farotimi of breaching rules of professional conduct rules governing lawyers. The 90-page document, dated December 6, 2024, was signed by Ola Faro, a partner at … Read more
A former spokesman for the Peter Obi/Datti Ahmed Campaign Organization, Kenneth Okonkwo, has condemned Dele Farotimi’s treatment in the alleged defamation case trial. A Lawyer, Kenneth Okonkwo, stated that it was wrong for the Magistrate Court in Ekiti to order the remand of the human rights lawyer, Farotimi, in the Correctional Center when he was … Read more
A magistrate’s court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Tuesday, refused the bail application of human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, and ordered that he be remanded in the Correctional Centre. Recall that the defendant was on Monday granted bail in another case of cyberbullying and defamation before a Federal High Court sitting in … Read more