– The former minister of aviation is still held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission even after meeting his bail condition
– He was further detained by the EFCC after honouring the commission’s invitation on an ongoing investigation last Monday, May 9
Five days after meeting an administrative bail condition granted to him, the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode is still under detention, his special assistant on media, Jude Ndukwe has said.
In a statement made available to NAIJ.com, Ndukwe said he is appalled by the continued detention of his principal.
He said that the detention of the former minister and most of the vocal members of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is a “dictatorial, vengeful, vindictive and scurrilous” use of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as a tool by the All Progressives Congress led administration.
“We are appalled by this risible development but not surprised at all by it because that has been the hallmark of this current administration. Rather than work to improve on its reprehensible anti-democratic record, the Buhari-led administration has insisted on continuing in its self-engineered free nose-dive into the abyss of autocracy and the infamy of gross abuse of citizens’ rights,” Ndukwe said.
Condemning the prolonged detention of the former minister by the anti-graft agency, Ndukwe said that the disregard for the rule of law by the Buhari-led administration must stop to enable the growth of democracy in Nigeria.
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