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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Femi Fani-Kayode Rearrested In Lagos Court, Moved To EFCC Custody


 A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been rearrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos State.

It would be recalled that Fani-Kayode was first arrested on Tuesday, November 24, and held at the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency under an open investigation for alleged manipulation and forgery of documents. 

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 The APC chieftain who was detained by the commission for six hours, starting from 2pm to about 8:30pm, denied being arrested after his release, claiming that he was invited and flew to Lagos to see the anti-graft agency.
However, only a week after his first arrest, Femi Fani-kayode was re-arrested on Tuesday, November 30, at a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, and moved to a nearby EFCC office. 

The scenario played out after Justice Daniel Osiagor adjourned further hearing in his trial over alleged N4.6 billion fraud to January 24, 2022.  

Fani-kayode was still at the corridor of the court when an EFCC investigator, Shehu Shuaibu, walked up to him alongside a lawyer in the Commission and after some discussions, the former minister entered his vehicle and followed the operative. 

 The operative, who confirmed the arrest to journalists, said Fani-Kayode was in EFCC’s Lagos office for questioning over alleged forgery. 

Prior to his arrest, further hearing in trial of Fani-Kayode alongside a former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Nenadi Esther Usman, a former ALGON Chairman, Danjuma Yusuf, and a firm, Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria Limited, over an alleged N4.6 billion fraud was stalled before Justice Daniel Osiagor. 

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 The matter was adjourned owing to the absence of one of the defence lawyers, Chief Ferdinand Orbih (SAN), who wrote a letter to the court requesting for another hearing date.

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