Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by an Ekiti State Magistrate Court, in a defamation case filed by Afe Babalola.
The 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X handle on Monday.
Sowore stated that Farotimi was granted N50m bail with a surety in the same amount, who must provide landed property as collateral.
The case has been adjourned to 29 January 2025.
Mr Farotimi is standing trial over defamation allegations preferred against him by the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola.
Mr Babalola had deployed the police to arrest Mr Farotimi on December 3 over a defamation allegation, the rights lawyer was also transported from Lagos to Ekiti, a five-hour road trip.
In his sought-after treatise “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”, Mr Farotimi revealed how the legal luminary won services cases using corrupt strategies.
The controversy surrounding the book, which initially saw low sales after its release in July, has made it a bestseller on Amazon within three days of its author’s incarceration as curious Nigerians besieged the site with orders to read the damning accusations of corruption levelled against Mr Babalola.
The book has also sold out in popular stores like Tinu-Ade Bookshop in Ibadan and VIC Bookstore in Abuja, where Nigerians have trooped to purchase it.
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