Rights activist na lauya, Dele Farotimi, an samu baiti daga kotun tarayya a Ado Ekiti bayan an kama shi saboda zargin difamasi da aka yi wa lauya mai martaba, Aare Afe Babalola. Kotun ta yanke hukunci a ranar Litinin, ta bashi Farotimi baiti da naira milioni 50, tare da surety daidai da kudin baiti, da kuma wasu tarin kayan ajiya.
An kama Farotimi a Legas a ranar Talata ta gabata bayan wata wasika ta shakka da Afe Babalola ya rubuta wa kwamishinan ‘yan sanda na jihar Ekiti, inda ya zarge shi da difamasi a cikin littafinsa mai suna “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System”. A cikin littafin, Farotimi ya zarge Babalola da lalata shari’a ta babbar kotun tarayya don samun hukunci na son ransa.
Kungiyar Justice for Afe Babalola Legacy (JABL) ta shirya taron manema a Ado Ekiti, inda ta bayyana goyon bayan Babalola na neman adalci a kan hukuncin difamasi. Rotimi Opeyeoluwa, sakataren yada labarai na JABL, ya ce kungiyar tana goyon bayan Babalola wajen kare sunan sa da martabarsa daga zargin Farotimi.
Farotimi ya bayyana a gaban kotun majistare a Ado Ekiti a ranar Litinin, inda aka bashi baiti bayan da’awar da lauyan sa, Prof. Sylvester Emiri (SAN), ya gabatar. Lauyan ‘yan sanda, Samson Osobu, ya kada kuri’ar sahihi kan da’awar baiti, amma kotun ta yanke hukunci a kan baiti.
Dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam’iyyar Labour Party, Peter Obi, ya zuwa Ado Ekiti a ranar Litinin domin neman afuwa daga Babalola a madadin Farotimi. Obi ya ziyarci Farotimi a tsarensa a Ado Ekiti, inda ya bayyana goyon bayansa na neman adalci a kan hukuncin.
