The Pa Ayo Adebanjo-led faction of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, has appointed lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi as its National Organising Secretary.
His appointment was approved during the group’s general meeting held at Adebanjo’s residence in Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State, on Tuesday.
A communiqué issued after the meeting, signed by Afenifere’s Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, and National Publicity Secretary, Prince Justice Faloye, confirmed the decision.
“The General Meeting considered and approved the appointment of Barrister Dele Farotimi as the National Organising Secretary of Afenifere,” the statement read.
Farotimi’s appointment comes just a day after legal luminary Aare Afe Babalola agreed to withdraw a defamation lawsuit against him. Babalola had sued the human rights lawyer over alleged defamatory statements in Farotimi’s book, Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.
Farotimi was earlier arraigned at an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti and granted bail in the sum of N30 million.
