Femi Fani-Kayode regains Freedom from Detention

Spoksperson of Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential campaign in the last election and former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The director of media and publicity in the campaign organisation of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Friday evening, released from detention since his arrest on May 9, when he responded to an invitation from the anti-graft agency.

FFK was eventually granted a N250 million bail on July 4 by a federal high court, sitting in Lagos.

The former minister on Monday, July 11, met the conditions for the bail.

Jude Ndukwe, spokesperson of Fani-Kayode, had said, “Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has met all the conditions for his bail and the relevant documents have been duly filed and submitted at the Federal High Court in Lagos.”

“We are now waiting for the EFCC to verify the documents after which he would be released. Despite the fact that he has been locked up for the last 62 days he remains confident, strong, healthy and in very high spirits.”

“He misses his family very badly, especially his five-month-old son Aragon, and he looks forward to coming home to be with his family, friends and loved ones.”

Fani-Kayode was arraigned alongside Nenadi Usman, a former finance minister, and Danjuma Yusuf on money laundering charges.

The EFCC had slammed on the defendants, a 17-count charge bordering on unlawful retention, unlawful use and unlawful payment of money to the tune of N4.9 billion.