The social gathering was held to lend their voices towards human rights and emancipation in the country.
Nigerian activists on Friday held a #Freedom Concert 2024 titled, “The Forgotten People” at a garden in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
The social gathering was held to lend their voices towards human rights and emancipation in the country.
During the #Freedom Concert 2024, Agena Robert Ande, who represented the Take-It-Back Movement in FCT demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Mr Dele Farotimi.
He condemned the manner in which Farotimi was arrested and detained for writing his personal experience in the legal practice in Nigeria.
His statement reads: “It’s an injustice to arrest and ask him to provide evidence inside prison. We’re facing a lot of attacks presently in Nigeria; there are attempts to silence us as activists and also to deny people freedom of assembly and association.
“Despite the economic crisis and level of insecurity, the Nigerian Police Nigeria has become tools in the hand of the politicians and the rich. The truth is that we must reject all this and fight back. While Dele Farotimi was denied bail and all other people were suing him everywhere, a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, was given bail of N500million on the case of mismanaging close to N100billion of Kogi State people.”
In his contribution, Babatunde Oluajo also known as Sankara equally called for unified actions from all groups to fight for political alternatives and also the immediate release of Dele Farotimi, dropping off charges against the 11 #EndBadGovernance protesters.
He said the power is on the street and the youths need to grab it.
He added that the ruling class and their political parties “have failed to solve Nigeria’s social and political problems. We have enough to take care of everyone but the greed of fee politicians continues to increase poverty.”
Other activists at the event chanted #FreeDeleFarotimi.
Farotimi was arrested following a petition by a legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN).
The charge suit no: MAD/1,476.C/2024, pits the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police as the complainant against Farotimi as the defendant.
Some of the charges had read, “That you Dele Farotimi ‘m’ sometimes in 2024 authored, published and circulated your book titled: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System” which was received and read all over the world including Ado-Ekiti within the Ado-Ekiti Magisterial District wherein you stated at page IX of the book: “That Aare Afe Babalola corrupted the Supreme Court to procure a fraudulent judgment in the service of his clients” which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or disturb the public peace knowing or having reason to believe that the Statements is false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 59(1) of Criminal Code Act.
“That you Dele Farotimi ‘m’ sometimes in 2024 authored, published and circulated your book titled: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System” which was received and read all over the world including Ado-Ekiti within the Ado-Ekiti Magisterial District wherein you stated at page X: “That Aare Afe Babalola, Olu Daramola, Olu Faro and the law offices of Afe Babalola & Co, (Emmanuel Chambers) compromised the Supreme Court and the remaining semblance of integrity it might have had when they went back to the Supreme Court and got that Court to swim in the sewer of corruption and shameful self-abnegation” which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or disturb the public peace knowing or having reason to believe that the Statements is false and thereby committed an offence.”
Dele Farotimi is currently in jail after the Ekiti State Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti denied his bail application.
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