Unic Press UK: A magistrate court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, which is presided over by Bola Osunsanmi, has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) could hold Femi Fani-Kayode behind bars for three weeks.
The legal counsel to the EFCC, Mr Anana argued that: “We have an exparte application for an order of remand dated May 10, 2016 made pursuant to Section 261 (1) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law. “We need this order of remand because if he is not remanded, he might interfere with the investigations in this matter”
Fani-Kayode’s (the defendant) through his legal counsel, Mr Balogun, said: ”The applicants have suppressed some facts which Your Lordship would question why the application of the EFCC is being taken ex parte. “There is a pending suit before the FCT High Court to challenge the detention of the defendant. “The suit number is FCT/HC/1767/2016 between the defendant and the EFCC… “The defendant has been in EFCC detention since May 9 after which he was granted administrative bail the conditions of which he met on May 12. “In Abuja, they got another detention order for 14 days and what the EFCC did after was to bring him to Lagos.”
Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi’s ruling reads: ”The defendant is hereby remanded in EFCC custody for three weeks pending a proper arraignment in court. “Also, no evidence of the suit of the defendant before the FCT High Court was tendered by his counsel before the court.”
