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on Wednesday, ex minister Femi Fani-Kayode, who was
released from detention few days ago, says he was protected by Boko
Haram suspects during his four-day detention at Kuje Prison.
According to a report by Punch Metro, the former Minister of
Aviation, said he spent over two weeks in the underground cell of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) without being
interrogated, adding that he was then transferred to Kuje Prison where
he was kept in a cell along with terrorists.
Fani-Kayode said, “At Kuje I was kept in the terrorist wing of
the prison which was built by the British government specifically for
Boko Haram convicts and suspects. There were 47 of them in the facility
and I was with them throughout. These were tough, disciplined, hardened,
surprisingly well-educated and intimidating men.
“This was a frightful place and those that were locked up there
were very dangerous and frightful people yet thankfully the Lord went
ahead of me.
“The single cells, though small, were clean, well-ventilated,
dry and very neat. The inmates were surprisingly very kind and friendly
towards me and turned out to be my best friends and bodyguards whenever I
toured the other parts of the prison.
“Most of those men were not Boko Haram killers but had been
falsely accused, tortured and just dumped into prison and I felt nothing
but pain and sorrow when I heard their stories.”
The influential PDP politician said further that during his time at
the prison, he met with the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra
(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention for over a year, adding
that they spoke for about three hours and they were protected by inmates
during the meeting.
“When I went to visit the great and brilliant freedom fighter,
Nnamdi Kanu, who is the leader of IPOB and easily the most courageous,
powerful and credible Igbo leader in Nigeria today in his cell we had a
very instructive and long discussion.
“I had never met Nnamdi before and I was amazed at his depth of
knowledge, his immense courage and his deep convictions. There is no
doubt in my mind that that man is going places and in him the Igbo have
an Ojukwu and a Nnamdi Azikiwe all rolled into one. He is destined for
greatness.
“My Boko Haram friends accompanied me to that meeting, drew a
10-man security cordon around me when we entered the general population
of the prison and waited outside as Nnamdi and I spoke for almost three
hours,” the ex-minister added.
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