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A court ruling on Farotimi’s bail application on Tuesday was adjourned to December 20, leaving the lawyer in custody for another 10 days.

Nigerian human rights activist and 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the prolonged judicial actions and abuse of power against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over defamation claims.

Sowore also criticised the Monday meeting between former Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and legal luminary, Afe Babalola, where Obi "begged" for Farotimi, noting that such gesture had only brought 10 more days of detention for the human rights lawyer.

A court ruling on Farotimi’s bail application on Tuesday was adjourned to December 20, leaving the lawyer in custody for another 10 days.

Farotimi, an outspoken advocate for social justice, was remanded on defamation charges.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Sowore lambasted Labour Party’s Peter Obi for appealing to legal luminary, Afe Babalola on Farotimi’s behalf.

“See what begging has done,” Sowore wrote, implying that such actions undermine the fight against systemic judicial oppression.

"The ruling on @delefarotimi's bail application was today adjourned till December 20.
"Dele Farotimi has been sent back to prison for the next 10 days. See what begging has done? " Sowore said.

Sowore had on Monday condemned Obi for reportedly pleading with Afe Babalola, SAN, the legal luminary involved in Farotimi's detention, asserting that it was "colossal injustice" to the fight against judicial corruption.

Sowore, in a statement posted Monday on his X handle, expressed his outrage over Peter Obi's visit to Afe Babalola, who allegedly used the Nigerian police to abduct Farotimi from Lagos to Ekiti State, detaining him on charges related to cybercrime.

Sowore argued that Obi's actions were a setback to efforts aimed at eliminating judicial corruption in Nigeria, likening it to a betrayal of justice.

He compared Obi's behaviour to forcing Rosa Parks to return to the back of the bus during the American civil rights struggle, a powerful metaphor underscoring Sowore's condemnation of Obi's intervention in the case.

Antoeni:
Sowore Talks & Thinks Like Tinubu At Times,

EmperorCaesar:


Pity girringoory is Negativity personified and anyone who dares to associate with him,by extension, gets to be surrounded by negative

Sowore is more of a man than Pity giiriiogoory.'What is worth doing at all is worth doing well

You either go all out or you go all out. Who goes about begging Oyedepo and Afe for every damn thing


If this weakling is the best leader from that side, then....

Spits

Antoeni:
Sowore Talks & Thinks Like Tinubu At Times,

EmperorCaesar:


Pity girringoory is Negativity personified and anyone who dares to associate with him,by extension, gets to be surrounded by negative energy

Sowore is more of a man than Pity giiriiogoory.'What is worth doing at all is worth doing well

You either go all out or you go all out. Who goes about begging Oyedepo and Afe for every damn thing


If this weakling is the best leader from that side, then....

Spits

Antoeni:
Please lawyers should help me. A Federal High Court granted him bail (court of higher jurisdiction on a matter) but a court of lower jurisdiction denied him bail. Is Magistrate court more powerful than Federal high court? Please; I am a novice in law o.

LegacyB:
Listen Sowore that’s the only way out here . Not all these gragra . Dele lied unless he proofs what he wrote simple…. Am not an Obi fan but he took the best step on this. Dele is a lawyer and he should have know better.