A former Minister of Aviation in Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has requested a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the police from unlawfully arresting him.
The police had final week invited Fani-Kayode to seem on the Force Headquarters earlier than August 28, 2018 over alleged “conspiracy, criminal defamation, inciting publication, injurious falsehold and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.”
However, in a movement on discover dated August 28, 2018 and marked FHC/ABJ/CS/917/ 2018, the previous minister has requested the court to declare that the stated letter of invitation by the police is illegal, unjustifiable, unlawful and unconstitutional.
His counsel, Kayode Ajulo requested the court to declare that in accordance with the 1999 Constitution, he can’t be so invited by regulation enforcement brokers for undisclosed causes and with out sufficient discover.
The former Aviation minister knowledgeable the court that the invitation letter was so vaguely constructed that “I became apprehensive and concerned about the intentions of the Nigerian Police.”