Keeping Fani-kayode locked up without trial, tyrannical says Afenifere

Source: pointblanknews.com

Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Monday said keeping  Femi Fani-Kayode, locked up for five weeks without trial is crass tyranny.

The  EFCC had accused the former aviation minister  of collecting campaign funds running into hundreds of  millions, for which the agency has obtained court order to detain him in its cell.

The group made this call in a release issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin, saying it was making the demand because it heard that EFCC was planning to get another detention order to ensure that Fani-Kayode was made to remain in detention.

“Afenifere demands immediate release of Femi Fani-Kayode who will be clocking five weeks in EFCC cell on Wednesday. We are being told that EFCC is planning to get another detention order to continue his incarceration,” the statement said.

The group, while expressing concern about the continued detention of the former minister, said, “We are at a loss as to why EFCC announced to the whole world that he committed a crime by collecting campaign fund and holds him for five weeks without charging him to court.

“It is in the same country that EFCC accused one Jafaru Isa of collecting money for election and allowed him to go after a night in EFCC cell.

“Why is Fani-kayode situation different if indeed it is all about corruption and not a ploy to keep him out of circulation for his critical views, especially on the criminalities of the Fulani herdsmen,” it added.

It, therefore, demanded that Fani-Kayode be charged to court immediately or set free if there was no charge against him.

“We demand that he be charged to court immediately or set free if there is no charge against him,” the group said.

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