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Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by a federal high court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, in a defamation case filed by Aare Afe Babalola.

The 2023 African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X (Twitter) handle on Monday.

Sowore stated that Farotimi was granted N50 million bail with a surety in the same amount, who must provide landed property as collateral.

The case has been adjourned to January 29, 2025.

Details later.

Background
Last Tuesday, Farotimi was arrested in Lagos and brought to Ado-Ekiti to face trial for allegedly defaming renowned lawyer and founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) in his book titled, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’ .

Farotimi had alleged in the book that Babalola corrupted the Supreme Court to procure a fraudulent judgement in the service of his clients.

Farotimi outlined 10 claims in the foreword of his book, alleging corruption and malpractice involving Babalola, his law firm, and other legal professionals.

Some key excerpts from the book include accusations that:

Babalola corrupted the Supreme Court to procure fraudulent judgments for his clients.

The law firm of S.B. Joseph & Co. doctored the Supreme Court’s original judgment to obtain an execution warrant.