EFCC: We “Ve Strong Case Against Shehu Sani

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has dismissed claims of witch-hunt in its detention of Senator Shehu Sani saying the social critic was being held in very comfortable accommodation.

The EFCC in a statement by its spokesman said that Sani was being investigated for allegedly collecting $25,000 to influence the prosecution of Alhaji Sani Dauda.

Acting spokesman of the EFCC, Tony Orilade in the statement said:

“The commission has taken note of insinuations and phantom claims that it  is “prosecuting” Senator Shehu Sani, because he is a known critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

“The Commission wishes to state that Senator Shehu Sani is currently facing criminal investigation, and he is being detained by the EFCC in very conducive environment, based on a valid court order.

“Invariably, claims in some quarters of the breach of his fundamental human rights, is merely in the imagination of the purveyors of such claims.

“Let it be stated clearly, that Senator Shehu Sani has questions to answer as regards the alleged involvement in name-dropping, and particularly that he obtained $25,000 from Alhaji Sani Dauda, the ASD Motors boss, in order to help shield him from investigations being carried out by the EFCC.

“For certain people to brazenly come out to defend a suspect, who is being probed for a serious offence as the one committed by Sani shows that they are not really conversant with his offence.

“It is unfortunate that certain people are ready to do anything to support evil for pecuniary gains. It is quite unfortunate.”

Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the Senate on the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) platform between 2015 and 2019, is a strong critic of the Buhari administration.

The former lawmaker had also reportedly alleged that the Federal Government was trying to silence him using the EFCC.

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