{"id":354093,"date":"2025-01-29T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=354093"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:22:36","slug":"court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>The decision to withdraw the case followed interventions by well-meaning Nigerians<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the defamation suit instituted by the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola against activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged cybercrime.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, counsel for the complainant, Samson Osobu, informed the court that the prosecution had filed a notice of discontinuance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter is slated for hearing today, but we have filed a notice of discontinuance dated January 29, 2025, and filed this morning,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Osobu cited Section 108(1)(2)(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 as the basis for the withdrawal, adding, \u201cThe prosecution, with the leave of this honourable court, seeks to withdraw the charge against the defendant and pray that the charge be struck out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further explained that the decision to withdraw the case followed interventions by well-meaning Nigerians and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/27\/alleged-defamation-afe-babalola-withdraws-suit-against-farotimi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">request from the nominal complainant, Afe Babalola<\/a>, to discontinue the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel for the defendant, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), did not oppose the withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Justice Babs Kuewumi struck out the case, declaring, \u201cThis case is hereby struck out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision to withdraw the case followed interventions by well-meaning Nigerians The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the defamation suit instituted by the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola against activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged cybercrime. At the hearing, counsel for the complainant, Samson Osobu, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":353825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26707,74,66271,85249],"class_list":["post-354093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-aare-afe-babalola","tag-court","tag-defamation-suit","tag-farotimi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The decision to withdraw the case followed interventions by well-meaning Nigerians The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-29T10:22:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"429\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89376b3184a87a15af7a1cd6fecd7920\"},\"headline\":\"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-29T10:22:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Aare Afe Babalola\",\"Court\",\"Defamation suit\",\"Farotimi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/\",\"name\":\"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-29T10:22:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg\",\"width\":715,\"height\":429},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/29\\\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89376b3184a87a15af7a1cd6fecd7920\",\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\"},\"description\":\"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi","og_description":"The decision to withdraw the case followed interventions by well-meaning Nigerians The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2025-01-29T10:22:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":429,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@withinnigeria","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/"},"author":{"name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/89376b3184a87a15af7a1cd6fecd7920"},"headline":"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi","datePublished":"2025-01-29T10:22:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/"},"wordCount":195,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg","keywords":["Aare Afe Babalola","Court","Defamation suit","Farotimi"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/","name":"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-01-29T10:22:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/images-2025-01-27T070750.352.jpeg","width":715,"height":429},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/89376b3184a87a15af7a1cd6fecd7920","name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong"},"description":"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adejayan_gbenga\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}