{"id":355712,"date":"2025-02-13T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=355712"},"modified":"2025-02-13T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:50:29","slug":"another-ekiti-court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/13\/another-ekiti-court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Ekiti court strikes out defamation suit against Farotimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Prosecutor withdrew case<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Chief Magistrate\u2019s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Thursday, struck out defamation charges against human rights lawyer, Mr Dele Farotimi.<\/p>\n<p>The police in Ekiti state had arraigned Farotimi for allegedly defaming legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/29\/court-strikes-out-defamation-suit-against-farotimi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">activist<\/a> was later remanded and granted bail to the tune of N30 million by the court presided over by Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adesun.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on January 29, 2025, the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti had struck out similar charges against the Farotimi.<\/p>\n<p>When the matter up on Thursday, the prosecution, led by Martins Akala told the court about the prosecution\u2019s decision to withdraw from the case.<\/p>\n<p>Akala who is the officer in-charge of the legal department of the state CID said, \u201cThe matter is slated for hearing today. However, we want to seek the leave of the court for withdrawal of the pending charges against the defendant on the instruction of the police authority\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lead counsel to the defence team, Mr Adejare Kembi said they had no objection to the prosecution\u2019s withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the position of both parties, Magistrate Adeosun struck out the case, \u201cThe charge is hereby struck out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with newsmen on what transpired in the open court, counsel to the defendant, Adejare said, \u201cThe case was struck out based on the application of the prosecution. We welcome it, they brought us here and they asked us to go. They have just removed the chain, they brought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should we complain? We were in the court today, to follow up our case which is for hearing. 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