The lawyer argued that fairness demanded that Adeyemi be allowed to respond publicly to allegations already made against him during the committee’s open hearings. “We ask it to use that power and to require the police to produce our client at a public sitting. “He will attend on any date it names, with his counsel, and answer every question put to him,” he said. “That question our client is anxious to answer, and Nigerians are entitled to hear it answered in public. Gagdi explained that the committee had invited Adeyemi but was informed by the police that he remained in custody pursuant to a court order.