Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who is being held at the anti-graft commissions detention facility in Ikoyi, Lagos was attacked by a muslim extremist official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The unfortunate incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, June 25, 2016 as Fani-Kayode, an evangelical Christian spends majority of his waking hours in prayers, praise and worship, and Bible study and Muslim extremist elements in the EFCC are not happy with the PDP’s chieftain’s ‘lifestyle’ and have been trying to “shut him up”.
According to reliable sources who are familiar with the development, Suleman Kabiru, an operative of the EFCC, is said to have always harassed Fani-Kayode and other Christians in EFCC custody as part of efforts to stop them from saying their prayers.
Severally, Suleman Kabiru has scolded Fani-Kayode to stop his praise and worship session because he is “disturbing other inmates”.
“Truth be told, Fani-Kayode’s praise sessions are actually very popular with other inmates who often join the session when he starts,” the source, who did not wish to named because of the sensitivity of the matter, told our reporter.
“But this evening, as Fani-Kayode was reading the Bible aloud, [Suleman] Kabiru came and told him to shut up! and FFK [Femi Fani-Kayode] ignored him and continued reading his Bible. Kabiru threatened him that if he does not stop ‘making that noise’ he would come and shut him up by himself.
“FFK ignored him and continue to read his Bible, suddenly, Kabiru charged at FFK and snatched the Bible from him flung it away and proceeded to attack him. This scruffle attracted the attention of other EFCC operatives who rushed him to prevent what could have been a serious incident in the commission,”
Our sources inside EFCC said they fear for the life of Fani-Kayode as he has come under serious threat from the operatives who are either Muslims and are averse to his Christian activities and or those operatives who have sympathy for the Buhari-led APC administration.
It would be recalled that Femi Fani-Kayode honoured EFCC’s invitation on May 9, and has since remained detained illegally by the EFCC.
Our source further said that the recent multiple shift in dates for the former minister of aviation’s arraignment was all part of the ploy of the anti-graft agency to keep him in custody for much more longer using the judiciary as a smokescreen for the plot.
The PDP chieftain is a vocal opposition figure in Nigerian politics.
