A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has come under
attack for insisting that he was never arrested by operatives of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Fani-Kayode was rearrested by
EFCC on Tuesday over alleged document falsification.
Fani-Kayode, alongside others, is standing trial over
alleged N4.6 billion money laundering, alongside Nenandi Usman, a former
Minister of State for Finance.
According to the report, Fani-Kayode was arrested on Tuesday
after proceedings at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
However, in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, the
former Minister denied the arrest, saying he was only invited by the anti-graft
agency.
“Once again I was invited to the EFCC today. Once again,
despite media reports, I was NOT arrested but invited. I got there at 11.00 am
and I have just been released. Thanks be to God”, he tweeted.
But some Nigerians who stormed the comment section to
express themselves, lambasted him for denying the arrest, stressing that he is
contradicting himself.
Below are some of the comments as compiled by our
correspondent.
@DanielRegha: “FFK u are contradicting urself; U claim u
weren’t arrested by the EFCC but u got released? This means u were brought in
against ur will so therefore it’s safe to say that u were arrested by the EFCC.
This is also the second time & it’s beginning to raise a lot of red flags.”
@Anozie_Bryant: “Not arrested but released. Let me assume
it’s the beaten in the office of EFCC that has caused this”.
@Jugo_kc: “Very soon they will send FFK to jail. And then
FFK will write, “I was invited by the Prison Warder at Kirikiri, He is my
friend and brother, I will you just spend 15 years with him, and they will
release me. Thank God”.
@spacelyn: “You said you were invited and NOT arrested, but
you “been released” meaning you were asked to go but didn’t leave when you
wanted? Please tell them you don’t want to party with them anymore. No more
invites please”.
@ECOnuoha: “My friend and brother, if you arrived and were
held till over 8 pm, you were arrested and detained sir. And it’s not a
problem, anybody can be arrested, even a bridge builder. We know you built a
lot of bridges during all those hours. Remain blessed”.
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