By Silifat Mohammed

Nnamani is to face fraud, conspiracy, concealment and money laundering charges filed against him by the EFCC before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

Counsel to Nnamani, Mr Rickey Tarfa (SAN) and Chief Chris Uche told journalists, who had thronged the court for the matter that they would pursue other options to see that their client is brought to court or released from detention.

“The former governor was arrested on Sunday night and brought to Lagos on Monday, has been in detention for more than 72 hours, far beyond what is prescribed in the constitution, as the minimum number of days, a person can be held in detention without being charged to court.’’ his lawyers said .

Mr Tarfa while reacting to the failure of EFCC to produce Nnamani in court ,said, “there is nothing much we can do. They (EFCC) are the ones prosecuting the case, so we just have to come back tomorrow (today) and see if they will bring him”.

When reminded that the constitution provides for the charging of an accused person to court within 48 hours after arrest, he said “we are considering our options and we will not like to make it public now. If they fail to charge him, we will know what to do”.

Also reacting, Chief Uche said, “it is highly regrettable that this is happening. We were here (in court) yesterday and they were not here. They told us they will bring him to court today and today (yesterday). They still did not bring him. We have wasted two whole days. “We don’t know if anybody has developed cold feet in this case. We just don’t know what is happening. I must be fair to them that the EFCC has allowed us see our client and he (Nnanami) has told us that he is ready for the trial, as he has so much to say,” Uche added.

Speaking further he said, “He (Nnamani) is highly disappointed that he has not been brought to court. The EFCC has not told us why they have not charged him yet. They have filed their charge, so what is stopping them. You can imagine the man hours we have wasted the two days we have been here.”

Sources close to EFCC told NewAge that the delay in arraigning Nnamani is due to the prosecutions amendment of the charges that had been filed in court.