Dele Farotimi: Peter Obi visits Afe Babalola, meets activist lawyer in prison

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday visited the founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, in his office at the university.

Tribune Online correspondent reliably learnt that Obi’s visit to the nonagenarian was in connection with the ongoing court cases on alleged defamation against human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi.

Sources disclosed that the visit was reportedly sanctioned by a prominent Yoruba leader towards finding an amicable resolution to the legal issue.

Farotimi was last week arraigned before a Magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti over the petition written against him by legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN over alleged defamation in his book titled, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Judicial System’

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The IGP however filed a fresh suit on Monday marked FHC/AD/CR/104/2024 against Farotimi before the Federal High Court over a 12-count charge bordering on cybercrime.

Even though the federal high Court granted Farotimi bail of N50 million in like sum as surety, his team were still working on perfecting the bail conditions, as of the time of filing the report.

As part of the visit to the state, it was also gathered that Peter Obi had some sessions with Farotimi at the correctional centre on Monday evening.

According to findings, his visit to Farotimi was said to be a follow-up to his meeting with Babalola which lasted for over one hour.

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