*Says his arrest by EFCC in Ibadan lawful
Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has declared that the action of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in investigating and detaining Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan, aka Crime Alert, in a case of investment fraud was lawful and proper.
She was delivering judgment in a fundamental human right enforcement suit filed against EFCC by Olaniyan in the aftermath of his arrest in May, 2021 by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC.
Olaniran was apprehended, following a series of petitions by victims who alleged that Olaniyan through his company, DHIL Nigeria Limited popularly known as Crime Alert Security Network Investment, persuaded them to invest in a network scheme which offered a monthly 30% returns on investment.
According to some of the victims, they were persuaded to invest after listening to his weekly radio programme.
Among the reliefs sought by the Crime Alert boss was an order declaring his arrest and detention illegal and monetary compensation of N10million for wrongful infringement of his rights and a public apology.
The judge further held in her verdict that sections 6 and 7 of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004 and Sections 35 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), empower the EFCC to arrest and detain Olaniyan in carrying out its statutory responsibilities to investigate alleged cases of economic and financial crimes.
The judge consequently dismissed the suit as unmeritorious and refused all the reliefs sought by Olaniyan.
