A human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi has been remanded in prison over allegation of defamation against a senior lawyer, Afe Babalola (SAN).
The development was made known by the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore in a post on his X on Wednesdy.
Sowore had earlier disclosed that Farotimi, an activist and a member of the Labour Party (LP) was “abducted” by the police on Tuesday.
Reports confirmed that Farotimi is in court over his statement in his book “Nigeria and its criminal justice system”.
Giving an update on the case on Wednesday, Sowore wrote, “The Nigerian justice system is wack, as expected @DeleFarotimi has been hurriedly prosecuted and sent to prison after being denied bail by a judge in Ado Ekiti pre-arranged to do the same.
“The @policeng, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, and the judicial officers had it all planned out even before they sent the goons from Ekiti state command RRS (formerly SARS) to abduct him. The case adjourned till December 10, 2024.
“#RevolutionNow, I mean it. Nigeria is overdue for a REVOLUTION!”
