JUST IN: COURT REMANDS EX-MINISTER, AGUNLOYE IN KUJE PRISON
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the remand of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, in Kuje Correctional Service.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Agunloye over allegations of fraud in the Mambilla Power Project.
Agunloye was brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges read against him.
The judge, however, ordered that the embattled former minister be remanded in pending when bail would be granted.
Details later…
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