LOOTING: FANI-KAYODE ADMITS RECEIVING MILLIONS OF NAIRA, SAYS NOT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS

‘Not only is this a violation of the constitutional provision that says that an accused person is deemed innocent until they are proved guilty by a duly constituted court of law but it is also highly prejudicial to the criminal cases that they are or may be facing.Apart from that it is a crude and sordid attempt to intimidate the judges and influence the outcome of  the cases which are before them and also to compel them to give the judgement that the government wants. This is not only unacceptable but it is also shameful’.

‘It is a clear violation of the concept of separation of powers which gives the judiciary alone the power to determine the guilt or otherwise of an accused person.It is trite law that only a court of law can declare a man guilty or declare him a thief or a looter and not Buhari and his government. How can anyone get a fair trial in a country when the government has already pronounced them guilty before the world?’

‘You cannot be the investigator, accuser, prosecutor and judge in your own case. This is a basic principle of criminal and constitutional law which appears to have been lost on President Buhari and his cohorts.I don’t blame him: I blame Vice President Osinbajo who, as a Professor of Law and a learned SAN, should know better and who I am reliably informed is the co-ordinator of all these politically-motivated, baseless and malicious corruption cases which are being conducted against opposition members by the EFCC’.

‘He is the one that has been saddled with the shameless responsibility of manipulating the prosecutors, emboldening false witnesses, attempting to pressure the judges and attempting to send innocent men and women who are members of the opposition to jail’.

One day, whether he believes it or not, there will be a reckoning for his wickedness just as there will be one for Buhari and his entire government. God will see to that and He will judge and punish them.I also deny all the charges that have been levelled against me by the EFCC,  I hereby restate my innocence and I shall continue to vigorously defend myself and my good family name in the court of law. I have no doubt that in the end my innocence will speak for me, God will vindicate me and He will expose my accusers for the heartless monsters that they really are.