Governor Ayodele Fayose reacted to
the continued detention of Warimopei Dudafa and the recent siege on the home of
Femi Fani-Kayode by the EFCC
– The governor described two
incidents as the height of “executive rascality”
– According to him, “the EFCC under
President Muhammadu Buhari is acting as if it is above the law” Share on
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Ayodele Fayose, the governor of
Ekiti state, reacted to the continued detention of Warimopei Dudafa, a former
aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, and the recent siege on the home of
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC). Premium Times reports that the governor described two
incidents as the height of “executive rascality” and stressed that the EFCC
operatives must understand that the nation is currently running a democratic
system.
In a statement issued by Lere
Olayinka, the governor’s special assistant on public communications and new
media, Fayose also took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari. “The EFCC under
President Muhammadu Buhari is acting as if it is above the law and Nigerians
and the international community must remind the commission that we are in a
democracy where rule of law is sacrosanct,” he said. Further in his statement,
the governor reminded the anti-graft agency that it was recently scolded by a
judge for the uncivilized manner the EFCC operatives treat suspects.
“The EFCC must be reminded of the judgement
delivered in March, this year by Justice Yusuf Haliru of the Federal High Court
in Nicholas Arinse Vs EFCC & Nigerian army where the judge held that the
EFCC did not behave as if we were in a civilised society and that the
anti-graft commission was behaving as if we were in a military dictatorship,
where they arrest and release person at will.
“In the case of the former special
assistant on domestic affairs to ex-president Jonathan, no one is saying those
suspected of corrupt practices should not be investigated and tried, but it is
wrong for Warimopei Dudafa to have been kept in EFCC custody for over two weeks
without trial.”
“Also, it is a demonstration of
barbarism for the same EFCC that invited Fani-Kayode to its office on Monday to
have invaded his house yesterday, holding the occupants hostage for eight hours
when there is no evidence that Fani-Kayode refused to honour EFCC invitation,”
he noted. Decrying the “show of barbarism by the EFCC”
Fayose noted that it looked as if
Nigeria was back to 1984 when Buhari was a military dictator. Earlier this
week, speaking at the Nigeria Union of Journalists World Press Freedom Day
lecture, Fayose said that he has a grandfather-like realtionship with Buhari
and denied any hatred towards him. However, he noted that a 73-year-old
president was not strong enough to rule such a complex country like Nigeria.
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