Revealed: Why EFCC moved Fani-Kayode to Lagos
– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission explained why it transferred Femi Fani-Kayode from Abuja to Lagos
– According to Salisu Majidadi, the EFCC lawyer, there are fresh cases involving Fani-Kayode in Lagos
– Fani-Kayode’s media aide accused the EFCC of whisking the former minister away to Lagos irrespective of meeting bail conditions granted him
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode at the office of at the EFCC recently
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it moved Femi Fani-Kayode from Abuja to Lagos.
A former spokesperson of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organization was arrested in Abuja, but later he was transferred to Lagos, where the EFCC obtained a court warrant to remand him in custody for three weeks.
The anti-graft agency explained that said Fani-Kayode’s movement to Lagos was connected with his involvement in fresh cases, which required thorough investigation by its Lagos office.
The Nation reports that Salisu Majidadi, the EFCC lawyer, said this on Thursday, June 2, while responding to a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo, Abuja.
The lawyer revealed that beyond the alleged N1.5 bn fraud leveled against Fani-Kayode, there were fresh cases involving him in Lagos. However, he refused to disclose details of the cases in Lagos.
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“We invited him (Fani-Kayode) on May 9 after he gave his voluntary statement he was granted bail immediately.
“But because he could not meet the bail condition, the respondent (EFCC), being a law abiding agency and bearing in mind the constitutional limit to keep the applicant in custody, we rushed to the Chief Judge of this honourable court to obtain the remand order keeping him in lawful custody.
“Then we received a letter from the Special Task Force of the EFCC in Lagos that there was another petition against him.
“The order of this court was to expire on May 24. On May 23, we took him to Lagos. We quickly obtained another order from the Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on May 23 to keep him for three weeks.
“The order obtained in Lagos was in respect of another petition. All these were to ensure that we are operating within the ambit of the law,” he said.
Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode’s media aide, Jude Ndukwe, accused the EFCC of whisking the former minister away to Lagos irrespective of meeting bail conditions granted him.
He noted that the anti-graft agency was acting contrary to Nigerian law comparing the approach to the same way it was treating Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu.
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