Rev. Matthew Kukah Visits Fani Kayode, Abati, Obanikoro in EFCC Cells

Rev Fr Hassan Kukah

The Bishop, Cath­olic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev Fr Matthew Hassan Kukah, on Monday met former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro and former Presidential Spokesper­son, Dr Reuben Abati in the Economic and Financial Crimes Com­mission (EFCC’s) cells in Abuja.
In a statement issued by the EFCC, it quoted Kukah as describing the commission’s facilities in Abuja as meeting ac­ceptable standards.
The eminent cleric said the facilities and the commission’s complex were ‘clean and orderly’.
According to Wil­son Uwujaren, EFCC’s Spokesman, Kukah paid an unscheduled visit to the EFCC’s detention facility and clinic where he felicitated with some of the detainees.
The revered Priest, who was conducted round the facilities by the EFCC’s Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, expressed de­light that the detainees appeared in high spirits despite the discomfort of temporary restric­tion.
He urged them not to be downcast and to see their current travail as divine. Also speak­ing, Magu assured the inmates that their incarceration was not personal. “It is not per­sonal. This is all about Nigeria and making it better. And I think there is a consensus around this,” he said.
Kukah, who prayed for the detainees be­fore his departure, summed up his visit thus: “I discussed with some detained suspects like Femi Fani-Kayode, Musiliu Obanikoro and Reuben Abati and I am quite pleased they are looking cheerful. I was also happy with the humility of the Acting Chairman who took me round and the way he interacted with the de­tainees. This is what is important for our coun­try so that nobody takes these kinds of things personal. I am happy I came.

“We are all members of staff of EFCC to the extent that we want a better country and we are doing what needs to be done. We’ll con­tinue praying that God guides you, keeps you safe and ensure that we build a country that we all will be proud of. This country has suffered so much, but we hope and pray that we can bring the suffering and trauma to an end as we collectively fight cor­ruption”, he said.

Source: Breaking Times