Setback As Court Denies Right Activists, Farotimi’s Bail
In an intriguing turn of events, the magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital has denied human rights activist Dele Farotimi bail.
Farotimi was arraigned in court for allegedly defamation of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola.
In his ruling, at the resumed sitting on Tuesday, the presiding magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, adjourned the application of bail to December 20 after the counsel to the police, Samson Osobu, proved that the bail application submitted by the defendant was incompetent and irregular.
It will be recalled that a state high court sitting in Ekiti State had earlier granted the Lawyer bail on the second charge preferred against him by the Inspector General of Police.