The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the arrest of the father of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, describing the action as an abuse of power.
Atiku made his position known in a post on X through his media aide, Paul Ibe, following claims by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, that police operatives arrested Adeyemi’s father.
Falana had alleged on Monday that the elderly man was taken into custody while investigations continue into the forgery case involving the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
Reacting to the development, Atiku argued that Nigerian law does not recognise substituted arrest and questioned the basis for detaining Adeyemi’s father.
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“It is an overreach, an abuse of power. Why did they allow Prince Adeyemi to sneak away and are now flexing their powers by arresting the father in his stead,” he asked.
The former vice president also accused the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of focusing on the wrong priorities.
He called for the immediate release of Adeyemi’s father.