Justice Olukayode Fadeniyi, in a ruling yesterday, offered bail to Agbele and ordered the EFCC to pay the suspect N5million as compensation for unlawful detention.
The judge claimed that the failure of the EFCC to charge Mr. Agbele to court, since his arrest, amounted to an abuse of his fundamental rights.
But the commission described Justice Fadeniyi’s conclusion as “curious” against the background of the information presented to the court, which included the fact that the suspect is being held with valid remand warrants issued by competent courts.
The EFCC, however, said it is filing a motion for a stay of execution of the ruling. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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