Popular lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi has been appointed as the National Organising Secretary of Afenifere.
The development comes barely 24 hours after a legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, agreed to drop a defamatory suit filed against Farotimi.
The appointment was approved at the general meeting of Afenifere held at Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s residence in Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State, on Tuesday. A communique issued after the meeting and jointly signed by the Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, and the National Publicity Secretary, Prince Justice Faloye, confirmed Farotimi’s appointment.
“The General Meeting considered and approved the appointment of Barrister Dele Farotimi as the National Organising Secretary of the Afenifere,” the statement said in part.
It can be recalled that Farotimi was dragged to court by Aare Babalola for allegedly defaming him in his book titled ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’. The human rights lawyer was eventually granted bail in the sum of N30 million by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti where he was arraigned.
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