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”
“The EFCC under President Muhammadu Buhari is acting as if it is above the law.” 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 relationship 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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