EFCC forced me to declare assets, put me in underground cell – Shehu Sani

A former member representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has accused officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of breaching his fundamental human rights during his 30-day incarceration.

Sani, in a statement on Saturday, said apart from searching his houses and offices, the EFCC agents also forced him to declare his assets.

The rights activist also said they tried to subject him to polygraph lie detector tests, blocked his accounts, seized his phone and kept him in the underground cell of the agency for 30 days.

While pledging to abide by the bail conditions, Sani urged Nigerians to disregard the “lies against him by the EFCC spokesperson”.

Sani said the country would continue to be at the bottom strata of the Transparency International index as long as it anti-graft agencies “only use their might and arsenal to crush ants while lacking the courage, the heart and the liver to confront the snakes, the vultures and the hyenas of the ruling establishment”.

– Punch