A Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has demanded another mattress from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives
The ex-governor added drama to his grilling when he wrote the EFCC to demand an additional mattress in his cell.
He said sleeping on two mattresses will be more comfortable for him.
He said one mattress was too flat to accommodate his frame in the cell.
”He has demanded for a second mattress from the anti-graft agency and I think they are looking into his request.
“They want to find out from him the type of mattress needed to make him comfortable in custody,” the source said.
Fayose’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), said efforts had begun to secure his release from EFCC custody.
Ozekhome told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that “Fayose’s lawyers are already taking steps to enforce his fundamental human rights by getting him released.
”Yes, his lawyers will go to court to enforce his fundamental human rights.
”The EFCC has no right to keep him for over 24 hours.
“If they have done that by obtaining a Magistrate Court’s Order that will be in the form of “holding a charge” which has been declared unconstitutional and illegal by the Supreme Court. Holding charge is illegal. It is unconstitutional.’’
Ozekhome said that the section of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) permitting a magistrate to detain a suspect for 14 days was illegal.
According to him, any action outside the provisions of Section 35 of the Constitution, which specifically provides for 24 hours, is illegal and unconstitutional.
The EFCC, also yesterday disowned a tape in which its Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu is said to have claimed that nothing would happen should Fayose die in detention.
The Head of Media Wilson Uwujaren said the purported audio tape was fake.
The statement said: “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wishes to alert the general public about an audio recording of a conversation currently circulating in the social media in which the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu, purportedly made comments to the effect that nothing will happen peradventure Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, dies in custody.
“Interestingly, the audio tape did not disclose the place where the conversation occurred and the person that Magu was supposedly talking to.
“Purveyors of this fake news especially a former spokesperson of a leading political party, are warned to desist.”
