A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied media reports claiming he was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He spoke on the reported arrest alongside some photographs showing him arriving for dinner at a hotel in Lagos.
Posting the photos on his Instagram page on Tuesday, shortly after he left the EFCC Office in Lagos State, Fani-Kayode wrote: “Just arrived at the George Hotel for dinner.
“I was never arrested by the EFCC.
“I was invited & I flew down to Lagos to see them.
“I arrived in their office at 2.00pm & left at 8.30pm.
“I was granted bail on self recognition.
“They were very polite & professional.
“Thanks be to God.”
Operatives of the EFCC had earlier on Tuesday invited and interrogated the former Minister.
Officials of the anti-graft agency stated that he was invited to answer questions relating to the forgery of a medical report, which he allegedly procured to evade his trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Fani-Kayode is standing trial on an alleged N4.6 billion fraud before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.
The EFCC had charged him alongside a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, and two others on 17 counts of conspiracy, money laundering and fraud.
At the last sitting of the court on October 13, the judge had imposed a cost of N200,000 on him due to his failure to appear before the court for his re-arraignment following the transfer of the former trial judge, Justice Rilwan Aikawa.
He was ordered to pay the fine or stand the risk of having his bail revoked after he failed to appear before the court for his re-arraignment.
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