Dele Farotimi gets N30m bail, barred from speaking to media
Dele Farotimi
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
Activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi was on Friday granted N30 million bail by a Magistrate court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State where he was arraigned for allegedly defaming a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afe Babalola.
Aside the N30 million, other conditions of the bail imposed on Farotimi by the Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, include provision of 3 sureties with a landed property within the court’s jurisdiction, submission of his international passport to the court as well as to refrain from granting media interviews.
The Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun, adjourned the case till 13th February 2025.
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Farotimi had on his first arraignment before the Magistrate court pleaded not guilty to the 14-count charge preferred against him by the police.
His lawyer Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, also filed a preliminary objection asking the court to strike out the charge.
He said the charge before the court was unknown to law and the offence of defamation was not recognised under the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
