Human rights activist Dele Farotimi ya bayyana a kotu a Ado-Ekiti a ranar Litinin, inda aka samu bashin N50 milioni a kotun babban shari’a ta tarayya.
Farotimi, wanda aka kama a Legas a makon jiya, an yi fuskanta tuhume 16 na zamba na zamba a kotun alkalai ta jihar Ekiti, saboda zargin zamba da kutsawa ta intanet.
A kotun alkalai, alkali Babs Olaniyi Kuewumi ne ya baiwa Farotimi bashi, inda ya umarce masaniyar ta bayar da shaidar cika kudaden haraji na wasiqtararran banki.
Farotimi, wanda aka kai kotu a kaina da toka, an yi masa tuhume a karkashin doka ta zamba ta intanet, saboda zargin da ya yi wa Afe Babalola, wani babban lauya na dan kasuwa, cewa ya lalata shari’a.
Kungiyar Justice for Afe Babalola Legacy (JABL) ta shaida a wata taron manema labarai a Ado-Ekiti cewa suna goyon bayan Babalola wajen kare sunan sa da martabarsa daga zargin da Farotimi ya yi.
Makamin darakta na magana na kungiyar, Rotimi Opeyeoluwa, ya ce suna kare Babalola daga zargin da Farotimi ya yi a cikin littafinsa mai suna ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’.
Kotun ta tsayar da shari’ar har zuwa ranar 29 ga Janairu, 2025.
