Jude Ndukwe, media aide to detained former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lied on the state of health of his boss and others in its detention, The Cable reports.
According to Ndukwe spokesman of the anti-graft agency Wilson Uwujaren misrepresented Kukah’s statement to the public.
Uwujaren had quoted the cleric as saying the trio were cheerful.
Ndukwe said it was true Kukah visited the men but he only spoke “words of encouragement” to them.
“On his arrival there, he met them at the clinic and afterwards had some private moments with them away from the prying eyes of journalists,” Ndukwe said in a statement.
“Bishop Kukah spoke inspirational words of encouragement to the trio wherein he encouraged them to be strong and see this as a trying period for them.
“He prayed for them before departing. It was therefore very shocking to us to read the statement of the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, wherein he alluded a lot of things supposedly said by the Catholic cleric and wove disheartening lies around them.
“Even if we decide to agree that Kukah said the clinic and detention area of the commission was ‘clean and orderly’, we reject the notion that Kukah said the trio was ‘cheerful’. This was obviously added to make a caricature of the seriousness of the condition of the detainees.”
Ndukwe added, “That some of EFCC’s facilities were reportedly said to be ‘clean and orderly’ does not give them the liberty to illegally detain Nigerians for as long as they wish,” he said.
“Even if EFCC converts a five-star hotel to its facility, it can never be good enough to illegally keep citizens on account of their political leanings.”
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
What does is matter whether he is cheerful, high spirit, happy, excited , sad or crying? The important thing is he has some explaining to do. Let him do it and leave or move to Kirikiri. QED.