The Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday evening reportedly visited the founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola at his office in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital.
Obi was warmly received by the top aide of Babalola, who subsequently ushered him in for a closed-door meeting.
Reports said that Obi’s visit to Babalola was in connection with ongoing defamation suit filed against human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi.
Reports further claimed that the visit was arranged by former President Olusegun Obasanjo towards finding amicable resolution to the legal issue.
it was also learnt that Obi, after visiting Babalola, visited Farotimi at the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre located along Afao Road, Ado-Ekiti, where he had a session with him.
Obi’s visit to the human right lawyer was said to be a follow-up to his meeting with Babalola, which lasted over one hour.
The former governor of Anambra State was not disposed to speaking with journalists after the one hour meeting.
Farotimi was arraigned last before a Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti over alleged defamation of character in his book titled ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’ where he alleged, among others, that Babalola compromised the Judiciary.
The trial is expected to resume on Tuesday, at the Magistrate Court, after his N50million bail on Monday.
However, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun also filed a fresh suit marked FHC/AD/CR/ 104/2024 against Farotimi before the Ado-Ekiti Federal High Court bordering on cybercrime.
Even though the Court granted Farotimi bail of N50million in like sum with someone with landed property in Ekiti , his team was still working on perfecting the bail conditions, as of the time of filing the report late Monday evening.