The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Osun State branch has
called the operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to
immediately release one of its members, Temitope Oyedipe, who was allegedly
arrested in the court on Wednesday.
The association disclosed that Oyedipe was arrested on the
Osun State High Court premises in Ile-Ife by some operatives of the EFCC from
Lagos.
In a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the
Association in Osun, Dawood Ajetunmobi, said Oyedipe was whisked away by the
operatives of EFCC after the proceedings of a case.
Ajetunmobi further alleged the EFCC was interested in the
suit.
While contacted through the Human Rights Committee of the
NBA, Osogbo Branch, according to Ajetunmobi, they noted that the EFCC said that
the lawyer was arrested ‘“when he could not give satisfactory information about
the suit in which he appeared.”
Ajetunmobi said, “The said substantive counsel and his
client in the garnishee proceeding were said to be the targets of the
operatives, but the duo were not present in court, and Mr Oyedipe held the
lawyer’s brief as agreed between them. So far, the counsel Mr. Temitope Oyedipe
is still in the office of the EFCC, Ikoyi Lagos.
“The branch has put every mechanism in motion to ensure his
release as soon as practicable.
“While consultations are ongoing with the leaders of the
Association in Nigeria with a view to taking a collective but deterring
decision on this condemnable act, the Branch calls on the EFCC to immediately
release Mr. Temitope Oyedipe unconditionally,” he said.
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