Yinka Folarin, the National Vice President of the Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), announced on Wednesday that prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has agreed to take on the case of Areola Abraham, a 73-year-old man who was recently seen being assaulted in a viral video by the suspended Olorile of Orile Ifo, Oba Semiu Ogunjobi.
Gatekeepers News reports that Folarin in a statement mentioned that Falana, who chairs the Board of Trustees for the CDHR, made this offer during a meeting with Abraham at his legal office in Ikeja GRA, Lagos. Falana is prepared to pursue legal action against the suspended monarch for violating fundamental human rights.
He said, “Femi Falana, SAN, and Chairman of the Committee for the Defence for Human Rights CDHR Board of Trustees, received Elder Areola Abraham, JP, in the audience today Wednesday at his Falana & Falana’s Chamber at Adekunle Fajuyi, GRA, Ikeja.
“Falana got briefed on the case and has taken it up, with plans to sue for breach of the victim’s fundamental human rights. He assured the victim that his fundamental rights would be upheld and that the chamber would provide the necessary legal assistance.
“Comrade Soyombo Sunday, a former chairman of CDHR Ogun and a human rights investigator, was also present during the audience.”
Folarin praised Falana’s dedication to advocating for the marginalised and striving for a society that values equality and human rights for all.
Meanwhile, Oba Ogunjobi was remanded in a correctional facility in Ilaro, Ogun State, on Tuesday after failing to meet the bail conditions set by the Ifo Magistrate Court.
Yinka Odukoya, the state spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service, confirmed this information on Wednesday.
The Ogun State government had previously suspended Oba Ogunjobi for six months for conduct that allegedly brought disrepute to the traditional title he holds.
