Senator Shehu Sani, back home from a month long detention in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday recounted his ordeal in custody.
The former senator from Kaduna Central claimed he was thrown into an underground cell and forced to declare his assets by operatives of the EFCC.
He described his detention as unfair, unjust and “a clear breach of my fundamental rights and hence stands condemned.”
He said: “During my unjust stay in the EFCC cell, I was subjected to traumatizing interrogations; my houses and offices were searched.
“They compelled me to declare my assets, they tried to subject me to polygraph lie detector tests, my accounts were blocked, and my phone was seized, all in the name of fictional $24,000 or $25, 000 extortion.
“Any Information planted in the media by the EFCC spokesperson while I was in their custody about me is false and nothing but bacterial and fungal infested concoctions, typical of their style.
“Our country will continue to be at the bottom strata of the transparency International index as long as our anti-graft agencies only use their might and arsenal to crush ants while lacking the courage, the heart, and the liver to confront the snakes, the vultures and the hyenas of the ruling establishment.
“They can frame me, detain me but can’t silence me. I shall abide by all the conditions of my bail and appreciate the courage, compassion, and wisdom of the court in granting me bail.”
