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Prosecute Metuh If You Have Evidence, Fayose Tells Buhari January 9, 2016 by slaz(m): 2:50pm On Jan 09, 2016 |
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has
challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
to charge the National Publicity Secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, to
court if the commission has evidence of fraud
against him.
The governor, who restated his support for the
anti-corruption war, bemoaned a situation where
the commission would first arrest and detain a
person before shopping for evidence against him.
“The EFCC appears to be operating a system in
which an accused person is first arrested,
detained endlessly while the anti-corruption
agency goes about looking for evidence.”
Fayose, who spoke through his Special Assistant
on Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, challenged the EFCC to also act on
petitions submitted to it against All Progressives
Congress chieftains and the President’s election
sponsors.
He cautioned that nothing untoward must happen
to Metuh, adding that the APC’s desperation to
decimate and silence the opposition had 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 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 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 international community, especially the
United Nations, African Union, European Union,
and others are put on notice on this condemnable
act of arresting and detaining opposition leaders
by agents of the Buhari-led government before
fishing for evidence.”
While challenging the President to extend his
anti-corruption crusade to those who sponsored
his election, Fayose added that “any anti-
corruption effort that targets only members of the
opposition and those with axe to grind with the
government of the day can never succeed.
“If President Buhari does 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.” 1 Like |
Re: Prosecute Metuh If You Have Evidence, Fayose Tells Buhari January 9, 2016 by Samunique(m): 3:53pm On Jan 09, 2016 |
The governor, who restated his support for the anti-corruption war, bemoaned a situation where the commission would first arrest and detain a person before shopping for evidence against him. " the EFCC appear to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence." Hmm, this can only happen in Nigeria!!! I pray we will not spend the whole 4yrs to fight the corruption of BITTERNESS, REVENGE and suppression of the opposition, at the end Nigeria will be on the lossing side and we'll be shouting"OUR YAM, WHERE HIS OUR YAM again and again. The YAMS we thought could've been recovered from all and sundry who stole them irrespective of the parties. #buhari must be neutral !!! 1 Like |
Re: Prosecute Metuh If You Have Evidence, Fayose Tells Buhari January 9, 2016 by Samunique(m): 4:38pm On Jan 09, 2016 |
If President Buhari does 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 . 1 Like |
Re: Prosecute Metuh If You Have Evidence, Fayose Tells Buhari January 9, 2016 by gabmanuel(m): 5:16pm On Jan 09, 2016 |
When wil Efcc arrest Sullivan chime of Enugu and ike Ekweremmadu? |
Re: Prosecute Metuh If You Have Evidence, Fayose Tells Buhari January 9, 2016 by APCsupporter: 5:58pm On Jan 09, 2016 |
Fayose you should be less concerned about metuh and think about yourself. Im impatiently waiting for fayose and theuseless drunkards turn 1 Like |
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