Falana criticised the plan to transfer Ekweremadu’s sentence to Nigeria and warned both Wike and a naval officer erred in their confrontation.
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has criticised the Federal Government’s plan to allow former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu serve the remainder of his UK prison sentence in Nigeria. Ekweremadu is currently jailed in Britain for an organ-harvesting offence.
Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of the Legal Year of the Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, Falana questioned why the government “failed to intervene in the other 232 Nigerians” in British prisons. He also faulted the prisoner exchange arrangement, noting there is “no British citizen currently serving in Nigerian jail.”
Falana condemned both FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and naval officer A. M. Yerima over their recent confrontation, saying: “No Minister has the power to call any Nigerian a fool… He was lucky he was not shot.” He said the officer also acted illegally by blocking the minister.
He urged law students to embrace technology and take keen interest in national issues.