Prominent activist and legal practitioner Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court.
The bail conditions stipulate a sum of ₦50 million and a surety of the same amount, with the surety required to possess a piece of landed property. The case will return to court on 29 January 2025 for further proceedings.
Farotimi was taken to court by Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, following his arrest by operatives from the Ekiti State Police Command.
Babalola, 95, accused Farotimi of defamation in his book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System.
The arrest has provoked widespread outrage across the country, leading civil society organisations and the Nigerian Bar Association to demand the activist’s release.
