The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has spoken on the recent arrest and detention of Olisa Metuh, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Fayose said the APC’s desperation to silence the opposition has dragged the Buhari-led government in the mud of lawlessness. The governor described the EFCC as “a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence”.

Premium Times reports that Fayose expressed his opinion in a statement made on today being Friday, January 8, through his special assistant on public communications and new media, Lere Olayinka. The governor also challenged the EFCC to act on petitions submitted to it against chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari’s election sponsors.

Speaking about the arrest of the PDP’s spokesman, Fayose noted that the APC’s desperation to silence the opposition has dragged the Buhari-led government in the mud of lawlessness. “In saner climes, you don’t arrest people for alleged fraud and start to look for evidence to prosecute them. “Rather, before you arrest anyone for fraud, anti-corruption agencies must have established a prima facie case and arresting the suspect will only be to enable for his or her arraignment in court.

“However, what we are witnessing in Nigeria today is a situation whereby the EFCC will arrest PDP leaders, humiliate them by subjecting them to media trial, detain them for weeks in the process of trying to force them to make statements during which the commission will be looking for evidence.

“For instance, in the case of Metuh, we are being told that the EFCC is insisting that he must write statements and one begins to wonder if it has now become mandatory for an accused to write statements in law enforcement agent’s custody. Shouldn’t the EFCC have simply charged Metuh to court based on its own evidence? Or is Metuh’s statement the evidence the EFCC requires to prosecute him?” the governor wondered.

Fayose stressed that the international community, especially the United Nations, African Union, European Union were put on notice on the “condemnable act of arresting and detaining opposition leaders by agents of the Buhari-led government before fishing for evidence.” Further in his statement, the governor challenged the president to target his anti-corruption effort not only to members of the PDP but also to those who sponsored his election.

“If President Buhari did not wait for any petition to move against PDP chieftains, asking people to come forward with allegations of corruption against APC chieftains, especially those who sponsored President Buhari’s election is clearly hypocritical. “Most importantly, that the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu even said the commission do not - complete story at http://www.exlinklodge.com/2016/01/fayose-blast-fg-over-olisa-metuhs.html


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where is Governor Fayose of Ekiti State?

It is in Nigeria that one will see law enforcement agency arresting someone, detaining the person without charging the person to court and looking for evidence.... democracy is turning to another thing...

I swear to almighty God, I didn't read the first word in the first paragraph.

I know it is a bulky mass of putrid trash.

Being an opposition spokesman doesn't mean one isn't answerable to the authorities or the laws of the land. Let Metuh defend himself- if he isn't guilty, his innocence would speak for him.

Fayose is just being the pesky beetle he is.

fayose....south west captain of d wailing wailer FC

Ayo Fayose the Ranting mad man..

welcome back from the Christmas n New Year break sir. we love you sir. haters can hug the next available transformer