A Federal High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti has granted a N50 million bail to Human Rights Lawyer and Activist, Dele Farotimi over alleged 12-count Cybercrime charge against him by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
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 on alleged defamation in his book titled, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Judicial System’
The IGP however filed a fresh suit marked FHC/AD/CR/104/2024 against Farotimi before the Federal High Court over a 12-count charge bordering on cybercrime.
At the hearing on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Babs Kuewumi disagreed with the prosecutor, Samson Osubu who argued for the court not to grant bail to the defendant as moved by his counsel.
Justice Kuewumi in his ruling, granted the defendant a N50 million bail in like sum with a surety resident in Ekiti.
The court also ordered that the defendant must submit his international passport to the court and adjourned the case till January 29, 2025 for commencement of hearing.
One of the counsels to Farotimi, Ralph Nwoke commended the court for granting the defendant bail, adding that the team would do everything possible to perfect the bail conditions towards ensuring his release.
Nwoke, who is the managing partner DL legal told newsmen that the prosecuting team served the defence counsel with a fresh suit different from the one earlier filed on Friday against Farotimi.
