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Afe Babalola: “It is never an easy journey fighting evil,” Dele Farotimi speaks after release from detention Mr Farotimi was released on Tuesday after meeting his bail conditions.   After meeting his bail conditions and being released from detention, human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi, detained for allegedly defaming Afe Babalola, said he knows that fighting evil will not be an easy journey.   Mr Farotimi was released on Tuesday after meeting his bail conditions.   “It will never be an easy journey when you are fighting evil,” Mr Farotimi said in a video after his release. “But some years back, God told me that ‘truth is enough.'”   Appreciating Nigerians who spoke out and condemned his violent arrest by the Nigerian police based on a petition by Mr Babalola, Mr Farotimi said he has never lied against anyone and that truth is his weapon.   “Only truth. It is the weapon by which you can slay the monster called Nigeria. In my f...

Soldiers reportedly acting on the orders of an army general on Wednesday attacked development control officials who were in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, to remove some illegal structures in the area. The officials were in the area to remove the fence of a building on Plot 416 said to belong to one Major General. An official of the department narrated their ordeal this way; “During this operation, there was an incident that happened at Plot 416 Sabon Lugbe that belongs a Major General. “When the removal was going on, the Major General got information of the removal. He sent two soldiers to his house to ascertain the situation. On getting to the scene, the soldiers who drove the covered number plate vehicle blocked the way out of the house to prevent the enforcement team from coming out of the premises; threatening that somebody must die today. “Private Jamilu (surname unknown) went straight to the caterpillar operator, cocked his rifle and pointed straight to him to come down or risk being shot ...