Plans have been concluded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to keep Femi Fani-Kayode in custody without trial for up to, at least, another three months.
The plan, according to our reliable sources, is for Fani-Kayode to be “punished” for his comments on national issues rather than for corruption as widely reported.
Although the date for arraignment has been fixed for Tuesday, June 28, our investigations revealed that EFCC has no intention whatsoever to take the Ife-born chief to court, a situation that would force the court to adjourn for a long time.
And with the three-month recess for judges around the corner, precisely starting on July 11, it is the plan of EFCC that Fani-Kayode would remain in custody till the judges resume sometime in October.
The EFCC have kept the former minister of aviation in custody for 50 days now since May 9, their ploy to keep him in detention without trial has never been in doubt.
After being kept in custody for two weeks without trial and meeting the administrative bail conditions set by the anti-graft agency, Femi Fani-Kayode was whisked to Lagos where it was said he was to undergo continued investigation.
While in Lagos, the EFCC obtained a questionable warrant to keep him in custody for another three weeks.
On the expiration of the three weeks, EFCC planted a story in the media that he would be arraigned on Friday, June 17, 2016, but that date happened to be a mere media propaganda to cover their sinister motives.
Afraid that such an act might raise dust, they quickly announced another date of Tuesday, June 21, 2016. While Femi Fani-Kayode was brought to court this time around, the judge to sit over the matter was absent.
Another inside source said a senior operative of the EFCC had told Fani-Kayode to the hearing of those around that they would make sure he is kept in custody “for another 5 years without trial”. “We will kill you and nothing would happen” he was said to have fumed without provocation.
The source who does not want to be named because of the sensitive nature of the matter further said it is only a miracle that could save Femi Fani-Kayode from the wicked plans to have him remain in the anti-graft agency’s custody as long as possible, and probably have him eliminated at a time when news about him would no longer be prominent in the media.
To confirm this, the source said Sulaiman Kabiru, the EFCC operative who physically assaulted Femi Fani-Kayode over the weekend would not be punished for his recalcitrant behavour towards a person in their custody.
The source further said he feared for Fani-Kayode’s life if he is continually detained without trial as EFCC operatives whose staff harbour some inexplicable hatred for him for daring to criticize the policies and leadership style of president Buhari who they consider as “their own”.
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