The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council’s director of special projects and new media, Femi Fani-Kayode, was invited by the police following a coup-related tweet, which has been denounced by the All Progressives Congress, or APC.
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, allegedly met with several generals prior to the general elections in an effort to topple the government, according to the former minister of aviation.
The Department of State Services, DSS, summoned Fani-Kayode and subjected him to a frenzied interrogation about the same incident, according to the APC.
The former presidential aide was admitted to administrative bail and ordered to report daily to the DSS as they continue their investigation.
In a statement on Wednesday, Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary suggested the invitation over the same matter was unnecessary.
The spokesperson said it gives cause for concern not only on account of duplication of effort by coordinate law enforcement agencies but possible implications for its member’s fundamental rights.
Morka described Fani-Kayode as an upstanding and law-abiding citizen of Nigeria who honoured the invitation by the DSS and submitted himself fully to their investigative authority.
“While we recognize the constitutional authority of the Nigeria Police Force to initiate and conduct criminal investigations, we urge extreme caution,” he noted.
The APC, however, accused the PDP of “relentlessly exploiting and politicising the matter” that is the active subject of law enforcement investigation.