The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has appointed lawyer, Dele Farotimi, as its National Organising Secretary of Afenifere. The group, in a communiqué issued on Tuesday, stated that “the General Meeting considered and approved the appointment of Barrister Dele Farotimi as the National Organising Secretary of the Afenifere”. The Afenifere leadership also called on President Bola Tinubu to forthwith release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. According to the group, the fair hearing of the separatist leader may no longer be guaranteed due to controversial and…
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Babalola: Court grants Dele Farotimi bail
…Case adjourned Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court. The court granted Farotimi bail in the sum of N50 million, with a surety of the same amount. The court ruled that the surety must possess a landed property and adjourned the matter to January 29, 2025, for further proceedings. Farotimi was taken to court by Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, after being arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command.Babalola, 95, accused Farotimi of defaming him in a…
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