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Fayose’s aide Agbele gets N5m for EFCC’s illegal detention
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been punished for infringing on the fundamental rights of Abiodun Agbele, aide to Governor Ayodele Fayose.
This is as a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Olukayode Fadeniyi, affirmed that the refusal of the EFCC to charge Agbele to court, since his arrest, was an abuse of his fundamental human rights, ordering the commission to pay him N5million in damages.
Agbele was arrested by EFCC, on July 1 on alleged fraud activity of receiving huge public funds from a former defence minister, Musiliu Obanikoro, which he delivered to Fayose.
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The court ruled that he should be put on bail with a bond of N50 million and a surety not below the position of a director in the civil service or provide a surety who is a responsible Nigerian citizen, with landed property in any part of Abuja, adding that the surety shall depose an affidavit of means.
Agbele, a close aide of Governor Fayose was arrested in Lagos by operatives of the EFCC on June 27.
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