FORMER aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is reported to have slumped and fainted yesterday while undergoing interrogation in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) while undergoing interrogation.
A close ally of former president Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Fani-Kayode was arrested over his role in the Dasukigate scandal in which $2.1bn meant to supply military hardware was diverted into private pockets. His family has raised an alarm over his health following his arrest but the EFCC has dismissed the claims as false, saying it is sheer propaganda and attention seeking.
EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren, said: “There is no truth whatsoever in the dubious and attention-seeking alarm that Fani-Kayode slumped and was revived by EFCC medical personnel. There was nothing like that as the said Fani-Kayode and Obanikoro sat together and enjoyed their jokes at the first round of checks of inmates in EFCC custody on Monday night."
Jude Ndukwe, Chief Fani-Kayode's spokesman, had said: “When Chief Femi Fani-Kayode was rearrested on Friday, 21st of October, 2016, in the premises of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, we raised a number of issues which included that the re-arrest was not only unnecessary but that it was also reckless. We made known our fears that Fani-Kayode’s life was in dire danger as long as he remained in EFCC custody or in the custody of any agency of the federal government based on discreet information available to us.
"This is apart from the fact that his health has been badly affected since his incarceration for a whopping 67 days based on some questionable detention orders. This fact is well known to the EFCC as Fani-Kayode’s lawyers have written several letters to the commission reminding them of the health conditions of the former minister of aviation and it is therefore shocking that having known these facts, the EFCC still acted in a most unprofessional and crude way by re-arresting a man who has never been known to turn down their invitation even for once, who was since granted administrative bail by the same commission after meeting the stringent conditions set by them."
He added that although Chief Femi Fani-Kayode was yet to complete the recovery therapy he was undergoing after spending the initial 67 gruelling days in EFCC custody wherein he was also physically attacked by one of the commission’s agents, he was still arrested. Mr Ndukwe added that should anything happen to Chief Fani-Kayode, they can assure those responsible that there would be reactions of unimaginable propensity.
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