Human rights activist, Dele Farotimi said he has never lied against anyone in his quest for a better Nigeria.

He said this on Tuesday after his release from a correctional centre in Ekiti State upon meeting his bail conditions.

Farotimi is being prosecuted by the police for allegedly defaming senior lawyer, Afe Babalola in his book, “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System”.

Last Friday, a magistrate’s court in Ekiti State granted the defendant bail in the sum of N30 million with two sureties, one of whom must be a property owner.

He was also ordered to submit his passport photograph to the court and refrain from granting media interviews.

In a short video after his release, Farotimi expressed gratitude to Nigerians for speaking up for him.

He also thanked his associates for being present at his release from detention.

“The thing I want all of you to know is that I am not unmindful of the sacrifices you have made to be here today,” the lawyer said while addressing a handful of associates present.

“It is not ever an easy journey when you are fighting evil,” Farotimi added.

“Years ago when I started this walk, God told me and I heard it very clearly. He says once have I spoken and twice have I heard that power belongs to Him.

“He says the truth is enouh. It is the only weapon by which you can slay the monster called Nigeria. The truth. Nothing else.

“In my public advocacy, my fight and my wars against this evil empire that we all live in, I have never lied against anyone. If I don’t know, I’ll say I don’t know.”

The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, in the Federal Capital Territory has appealed to FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, to meet its demands or face the ‘deadliest shutdown’ of hospitals in 14 days.

The President, Dr George Ebong, issued the warning on Monday during a press conference at Wuse District Hospital, Abuja.

While lauding the minister for his infrastructural projects in Abuja, Ebong stressed that there is an urgent need to also focus on the well-being of doctors who are on the verge of extinction due to economic hardship.

According to him, the minister should concentrate on human development the same way he is doing in the infrastructural sector.

He noted that the FCT minister has 14 days to act on the demands to avert what he described as the deadliest shutdown of hospitals in the nation’s capital.

“First we have to appreciate the minister for his infrastructural development in the FCT since his emergence.

“We want him to know that doctors is an abandoned project. While he fixes the infrastructural abandoned project, we are the human abandoned projects. We believe the minister can deal with the challenge.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has mandated government hospitals to provide free treatment to the people that sustained injuries during a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja.

This was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, on Saturday in Abuja.

Gakeeper recalls that at least 10 people, including children died, while 10 others sustained injuries to the stampede on Saturday during the distribution of food items to less privileged and the elderly by a Catholic church in the Maitama Area of Abuja.

According to Wike, the FCT Administration would ensure that the injured received adequate medical attention.

He sympathized with the victims and directed that henceforth, police permission should be obtained by individuals or organizations planning public distribution of palliatives, either food items or cash.

While describing the incident as painful, the Minister prayed for the repose of the souls of the lives that were lost and fortitude for their families to bear the irreparable loss.

He applauded the police and other security agencies for their prompt intervention.

“The promptness in which security agencies responded to the incident was commendable,” he said.