EFCC urged to release FCT Director

Citizens Watch Nigeria (CWN) has condemned the con­tinued incarceration of the Director of Abu­ja Geographic Infor­mation Management Systems (AGIS), Hajia Jamila Tangaza, on the alleged purchase of an Abuja property despite meeting all the bail conditions as stipulated by law. It stated that after criti­cal analysis of the matter as it affects the bail conditions of the issue, that the group is compelled to say that Hajia Tangaza is a seasoned media prac­titioner of repute who has carved a niche for herself at the BBC and having served at the Media Department of the Federal Capital Territory before her appointment recently as Director of AGIS.

According to a statement by the Ex­ecutive Secretary of the group, Kenneth Aigbegbele, “Jamila Tangaza has met all her bail conditions with the EFCC but is still kept in the custo­dy against her wishes and fundamental hu­man rights and the rule of law which the present administra­tion has canvassed to uphold at all time.”

It, therefore, urged the EFCC to immedi­ately release her due to her poor medical state brought about by continued incarcera­tion, a development which negates her fundamental human rights and also makes a mockery of the war against graft.

It said while CWN endorses the anti-graft war, the com­mission should con­sider her present state of health.