Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has hit out at the Nigeria Police Force over the arrest of the father of Adeniyi Adeyemi, acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
In an interview with Arise News on Tuesday, Falana, who is representing the suspect, insisted there was no justification for taking the elderly man to a police station.
Falana said he had been informed by police officers in Abuja that Adeyemi’s father was not arrested but was only invited to assist investigators.
“The reported arrest of Mr Adeyemi’s father cannot be justified under the Constitution, under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, and under the Nigeria Police Act,” Falana said.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, however, noted that the Police clarified the situation to him.
“I got a call from the police officers in Abuja this evening, where I was informed that the old man wasn’t really arrested. The police merely invited him to take them to a particular place as part of their investigation, and that he was asked to make a statement,” he said.