Fani-Kayode, in a letter entitled “Clarification on the re-arraignment of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode at the federal high court by the EFCC,” a copy of which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune, alleged that the erroneous publications have pitched the Nigerian public against him.
He said such inaccurate reporting cannot be ignored because it started with the date of the commencement of the charges against him, the justice sitting on hitherto case and the technicalities of the charges.
Fani-Kayode said: “Due to some inaccurate media reports that have been drawn to our attention, it is important to make the following clarifications about the history of the case and the sequence of events. This is for the record and for the sake of history and posterity. Contrary to reports filed by some newspapers and particularly the News Agency of Nigeria on the 11th February, 2014, the charges filed against Chief Fani-Kayode did not commence at the Federal High Court in Lagos before Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia last year but rather on December 22nd 2008 before Justice Ramat Mohammed at the Federal High Court in Lagos.
“The charges that were filed at that time are exactly the same charges that have been filed ever since then and that have been filed again today. The only difference now is that the seven counts from the original 47 counts have now been dropped making the number 40 as opposed to 47. The fact of the matter is that Chief Fani-Kayode has been arraigned no less than four times with the same 47 count charges before three different judges in the last five years.
Source: Tribune
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