Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer, has been granted a bail of N30 million by a Magistrate Court in Ekiti State.

The bail conditions also include two sureties – one of whom must be a property owner -, submission of his passport, and a prohibition on granting media interviews.

The activist, who was remanded in prison on December 7, arrived at the court on Friday amid tight security.

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Farotimi was arrested following a petition by Afe Babalola, a senior advocate of Nigeria, over alleged defamatory statements in his book, “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System.”

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