City lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has condemned the way visitors to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission are treated at the gatehouse of the anti-graft organisation in Abuja.
Ajulo, who said all visitors, including lawyers, are subjected to inhumane treatment, called on the chairman of the EFCC, Abdurasheed Bawa to put his house in order or bow out if he is tired of his job and give way to a more competent hand.
He said, “The inhumane treatment that has become a trend at the main gate of EFCC Headquarters is not just incomparable; it’s actually a big source of worry that requires drastic actions.
“It’s worse than corporal punishment.
“The man at the helms of affairs of the commission, Rasheed Bawa, with respect, sure needs to be called to order. If his commission is bereft of what to do, let him throw in the towel and let a competent hand do the needful or shut down the commission’s headquarters.”
He said visitors that included lawyers were subjected to harassment and the most inhuman ordeal, as they’re made to queue up in the sun and rain for hours with little or no conducive shelter and without any form of care or attempt to alleviate the indecent condition.
Ajulo said many of those who were invited on various issues but got stuck at the gate actually “preferred the commission’s officials had come to arrest them so they would escape the inhuman treatment, rather than how they had voluntarily come to the place, only to be subjected to such cruelty that knows no bounds.”
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