Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation
minister and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has issued a
statement following the illegal arrest and detention of his wife,
Patience Chikwendu and his 8-month old son, Aragon on Monday, October
17, 2016.
According to Chief Fani-Kayode, his wife
was stopped, brutalised, and illegally detained by operatives of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has she attempted to
withdraw money from her account in Access Bank at Ado Ekiti, the capital
of Ekiti State.
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (3rd-l) and wife, Peace (2nd-r) and his associates, arriving the premises of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State where he was standing trail for corruption on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. He was discharged and acquitted of all charges. | NAN
Read his full statement below:
This govt is sick and cowardly and so are the EFCC. If you have a problem with me face me and leave my family alone.
My wife travelled to Ado Ekiti to see my friend and brother Governor Fayose and his family.
They were on their way out of town when they went to Access Bank in Ado Ekiti to get some money.
When they got there my 8 month old son
Aragorn and wife Precious Chikwendu were illegally detained, brutalised
and put under arrest on the orders of the EFCC at a bank in Ado Ekiti
today.
She has never had any business with me,
she has never been formally invited by the EFCC or asked any questions
about her transactions and neither have they written to her on any issue
even though they are always sending letters to my house and sending
people there.
If Buhari wants to deal with me why
doesn’t he face me like a man instead of trying to harm and hurt my 8
month old son and wife.
Had it not been for the intervention of
Governor Ayo Fayose they would have been taken them away and subjected
them to all manner of harm and indignities simply because she is married
to me.
This was an account that has 200,000 naira in it and that has never had more than 500,000.
She has operated it since 2005 and she
stopped using it in 2013. The account has no connection with me and I
did not know it existed till today.
In an attempt to starve and harass me and my family all my accounts and wife’s accounts have been frozen.
Now they are resorting to arresting peoples wives and children for no just cause.
I thank God for Gov. Fayose and the
people of Ado Ekiti who stormed the bank and freed my wife from this
illegal detention and attempt to kidnap them.
Had it not been for the governor’s
intervention and presence the bank would have been burnt down by the
crowd. My family have since left Ekiti state.
This is Buhari’s Nigeria and we will resist his wickedness and tyranny.
We intend to sue the bank and to sue the
EFCC for this illegal and wicked action. They have no right to do this.
If they want to see my wife all they need to do is to invite her. We
have nothing to fear. They do not need to be so primitive and barbaric
to people.
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