Court denies Farotimi bail, adjourns case to December 20

A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has adjourned Dele Farotimi’s bail ruling to December 20.

Abayomi Adeosun, the magistrate, reserved ruling on the bail application, asking that the activist be remanded in prison.

During the court proceedings, Farotimi pleaded not guilty to the 14-count charge preferred against him by the police.

Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, Farotimi’s counsel, had filed a preliminary objection asking the court to strike out the charge.

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He posited that 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.

Farotimi is facing a case against Afe Babalola, SAN, who claims the activist defamed him in his new book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System,’ which became a best seller on Amazon after his arrest.

Farotimi had been arrested from Lagos and moved to Ekiti, where he appeared before the magistrate court last Wednesday.
The magistrate court, the Ado Ekiti Division, on Tuesday, ordered that Farotimi be remanded at the state’s correctional centre.

Ngozi Ekugo

Ngozi Ekugo is a Senior Correspondent at BusinessDay. She holds a Masters in management from the University of Lagos, an undergraduate from University of Lagos, and is in an alumni of Queen's College. Shes currently an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM). She has a brief experience at Goldman sachs, London in its Human Capital Management division. She is interested in human capital development and is leveraging her varied experience across sectors to report labour and global mobility trends for stakeholders to make informed decisions.