The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the arrest of a lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigerian Police Force over allegations bordering on libel. The NBA President, Afam Osigwe, in a statement Tuesday night in Abuja, also decried the alleged invasion of Farotimi’s law firm and the harassment of lawyers and staff within the premises. … Read more
Nigerian Human Rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has reportedly been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force. Henzodaily learnt that Farotimi was arrested on Tuesday over a petition by Tony Elumelu of UBA Group alleging that the human rights advocate defamed him. A 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, hinted about Farotimi’s … Read more
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has disclosed that Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, was arrested over an alleged criminal libel. Henzodaily reports that Falana, in a statement on Tuesday, revealed that Farotimi was arrested in Lagos State. Falana demanded that Farotimi should be released unconditionally from “illegal custody”. The statement read, “I just … Read more
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has denied any involvement of its chairman, Tony Elumelu, in the arrest of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigerian police. Henzodaily reported that Farotimi was arrested on Tuesday over a petition by Tony Elumelu of UBA Group alleging that the human rights advocate defamed him. A 2023 … Read more
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has condemned the arrest of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigeria Police. Peter Obi said the arrest of Farotimi, a former member of his presidential campaign council, on an allegation of defamation by the police was a gross misuse of police powers. In a … Read more
The Nigerian Police Force have arrested controversial Nigerian Human Rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) gathered that Farotimi was arrested on Tuesday following a petition by the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa, who is also the founder of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu who alleged that the human rights advocate defamed him. A … Read more