Alleged land grabbing: Detention of my husband, staff, infringement on their rights – Wife begs Tinubu
Mrs Rebecca Omokamo Godwin-Isaac has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the alleged unlawful detention of her husband and staff by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Mrs Isaac, who begged the President to direct that the rule of law take its course in the release and prosecution of her husband and staff, alleged a flagrant violation of section 35 of the Nigerian constitution.
Making the appeal in a press statement she signed and made available to journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Mrs Isaac said the continuous detention of her husband and staff despite satisfying all bail conditions required by law to release them, amounts to an infringement on their fundamental human rights.
Mr Godwin-Isaac, husband to Mrs Rebecca Omokamo Godwin-Isaac and their staff were arrested over two weeks ago following allegations of land grabbing by the EFCC.
The duo was said to have been arrested without investigation into a reported matter at the anti-graft office.
”Section 35 of the Nigerian constitution prescribes that no law enforcement agency has the right to detain one in a civil matter for more than 48 hours.
“This is 13 days and still counting that my husband and several workers are detained by EFCC operatives without prosecuting or releasing them.
“It is a contravention of section 35 of Nigeria’s constitution and an infringement on their right to freedom,” she said.
Mrs Isaac, who is known in the Real Estate sector, condemned the alleged undue detention and asked the EFCC not to take laws into their hands.
She affirmed that her husband and others had satisfied all bail conditions required by law to release them and yet were denied bail, insisting that they ought to be released or charged to court according to the laws rather than incarceration without trial.
Omokamo Godwin-Isaac who expressed her belief in the democratic leadership qualities of President Tinubu, appealed to him to let justice prevail.
“The EFCC Chairman has asked the Elizabeth Eke-led E&SS department to release my husband and yet they refused.
“I don’t know her personal interest in the matter that she has refused to obey the law and her boss ”
She explained that she had never met the Yesufu family who are alleged to be behind the arrest of her husband and staff over a non-existent land-grabbing allegations.
“My husband and I are people of integrity without any record of corruption or fraud or land grabbing, so I wonder why EFCC should be terrorizing us.”
Omokamo Godwin-Isaac appealed to President Tinubu, men and women of good conscience to help preserve Nigeria’s law by calling on EFCC to release her husband and staff.
