Kenneth Okonkwo has said President Bola Tinubu is fighting former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, because he joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
Okonkwo made this statement on Friday on ‘The Morning
Brief’, a programme on Channels Television.
The Nollywood veteran-turned politician was speaking on the
detention of El-Rufai, stressing that the Federal Government does have the
power to keep anyone in detention beyond 48 hours.
He said, “We believe that El-Rufai is being maltreated and
persecuted because he had joined the ADC. We are not exculpating anybody, but
it is the court of law that should decide, not President Tinubu.
“And for now, he is using his authority as the
Commander-in-Chief to use the instrumentality of the ‘anti corruption’ against
the opposition. I wonder whether there is any commission fighting corruption in
Tinubu’s regime
“The first thing President Bola Tinubu should do is to
release El-Rufai. We are not saying he should not face trial but his
fundamental human right should be guaranteed.
“Forty-eight hours is what a government has to keep anybody
in detention without granting him bail. No, you don’t have that power. And you
don’t have the power according to the Supreme Court judgment to keep somebody
in detention and pretend you are investigating.
“The whole idea of arrest is that you have concluded your
investigation and you have found the person culpable for any crime you are
alleging he committed.
“That somebody said anything does not give you the right to
go and arrest somebody, because in criminal proceeding, it is the duty of the
prosecution to prove the guilt of the suspect, not the suspect to defend his
innocence.”
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