Dele Farotimi, the human rights lawyer accused of defamation by senior lawyer Afe Babalola, has been released from prison in Ekiti.
Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), announced this in a post on his official X handle on Tuesday.
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“I am pleased to report that Dele Farotimi is no longer being held at the prison yards in Ekiti State and is now returning home to Lagos,” Sowore wrote.