By Damilare Adeleye
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer, Sparklight News learnt on Tuesday.
Omoyele Sowore, a 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), made this known in a short statement posted on his X handle.
“I just learned that Dele Farotimi was arrested by the Nigerian Police over a petition by Tony Elumelu of UBA Group alleging Dele defamed him. It is pertinent that the Nigerian police are notified that the institution cannot continue to be used to settle personal scores, and we, the citizens of Nigeria, would no longer tolerate such a situation.
“Therefore, the police at Zone 2 in Lagos are advised to release Barrister Dele Farotimi immediately,” Sowore stated.
This is coming after the legal practitioner raised the alarm over alleged threats to his life by some unknown persons in collusion with the security agencies.
Farotimi raised this alarm in a statement he personally signed and captioned, “They Want to Silence Me”, which was obtained on Tuesday.
