Fiery lawyer, Festus Ogun has condemned the extended detention of Obinna Iyiegbu a.k.a. Obi Cubana by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The businessman has been at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, since Monday afternoon.

The Anambra-born club owner is being interrogated for alleged money laundering and tax fraud.

Many thought he was out on Tuesday after he posted a photo on his Instagram page at about 4pm. “I love you all, Unbroken”, the caption read.

A security source had told DAILY POST that spending the night in EFCC custody means Obi Cubana faces “a serious case” and would be thoroughly grilled.

In a statement on Thursday, Ogun accused the anti-graft agency of engaging in illegality and human rights violations.

He recalled that the EFCC said the socialite would be released after responding satisfactorily to all questions relating to “his involvement in various illegal deals”.

“This vague condition of his release has no legal basis and is likely to jeopardize the fundamental liberty of Obi Cubana”, Ogun’s statement on Thursday read.

The legal practitioner reminded the commission that Section 35 of the 1999 Constitution provides that a person accused of committing a crime cannot be detained beyond 48 hours.

Ogun insists that the EFCC lacks the power, right and authority to continue holding grip on Obi Cubana beyond the contemplation of law.

“EFCC appears to be hiding under the pretext of interrogations to detain Obi Cubana for as long as it wishes – a perilous narrative that exposes Cubana’s human rights to danger.

“While it is trite that the EFCC has a statutory mandate to fight corruption, it cannot do so outside the confines of the law.

“Those enforcing the law should never be found breaching same. That will be outrightly overreaching”, he stressed.

The Legal Adviser of TakeItBack Movement urged the EFCC to either charge Obi Cubana to court or release him immediately.

Ogun added that any interrogation, arrest or detention that extends beyond the period contemplated by law is “manifestly illegal”.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/11/04/obi-cubanas-continued-detention-by-efcc-illegal-lawyer-festus-ogun/

Nigeria government hates the ibos if you quote me ogun destroy your family house..

It is a crime to be rich in Nigeria

Damnnn niggar

Investigating his source of wealth

Free this niggar joor

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Share for corrupt cop Abba Kyari

He and other wealthy igbos who kiss the FG ass must learn a lesson.. That Nigeria is not for them..


Now them wan leave am... Even road to go OBA no de again.

Haters gonna hate.
If na Hausa na, dem no go touch am

Wahala be like obi cubana and efcc.today u hear say dem release am.d next day u hear say why efcc nvr release am.na who we go come believe

Funny lawyer.

Obi has been told severally that he can go home but he's enjoying the AC at the EFCC office.

Naso dem go drag this dude sooooteeee
America com begin reason his matter

The money wey the guy dey spend dey pain them jamboree.
Nonsense.
Biafra will come

Another Abba Kyari friend Don enter hand.

Bail conditions are not meant to be too stringent. It is high time EFCC put out a statement regarding this issue.

It's against the law to detain a person for this long without probable cause. If there is one, EFCC needs to present it before a court.

Free this bobo now!!!!

Charge him to court or free him

All this charge and bail lawyers. He won use Obi case blow.. Nansense. EFCC wants their own share, cubana will settle them and everything will move normal. Both EFCC and obi cubana know what's up

Does the law work in this country? I don't think!

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Wahala dey o

Lol
Why not go to their detention center and tell them ewu

Obi Cubana is the architect of his own predicament. When they were flashing money upandan Dem no know abi

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How many persons dey pay tax in Nigeria really or how many dey behind bars for tax invasions?

Chai him and hushpuppi get links though

of course everything under buhari is illegal. tell us something we don't know yet.

When he was raisin naira bundle notes like football during his mom burial...Buhari was looking at the Nyamuri with one eye closed,Malawi was lik these r the biafra boys sponsoring Nnamdi Kanu

We are use to this kind of news.. we dey wait Abba Kyari case....

Hmm

Na today EFCC go start putting people in detention? If Saraki, Magu & some other prominent people could be invited & held for few days, who is Cubana?

Let us hear word, abeg.

After his release, he will know that Nigeria is really not for the Easterners, one Nigeria indeed.

What a failed nation