Lawyer criticises NBA’s call for Farotimi’s release

From Lateef Dada, Osogbo

A lawyer, Deji Atoyebi, and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have clashed over the call for the release of Dele Farotimi, who was arrested for alleged libel.

While the president of the NBA, Mazi Osigwe, in a statement, called for the immediate release of Farotimi, saying that his arrest “lacks any basis under the laws of Lagos State,” Atoyebi described the NBA’s call…