Court awards ₦10m against EFCC for defaming ex-Power Minister Agunloye

Justice Peter Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting astatine Maitama, Abuja has recovered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, blameworthy of damaging the estimation of erstwhile Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye, done a libelous work connected it societal media handles.

The justice recovered the committee blameworthy of defamation portion delivering judgement successful a N10 cardinal defamation suit brought against EFCC by Agunloye.

Agunloye had successful the suit claimed that the work connected the commission’s website and X handle, titled ‘EFCC arraigns Agunloye implicit $6 cardinal fraud’, damaged his reputation.

The erstwhile minister, done his lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, SAN, successful his writ of summons successful the defamation suit helium brought earlier the tribunal against EFCC, marked FCT/HC/CV/1199/2024, claimed that EFCC has damaged his bully sanction and dragged his integrity into murky waters by accusing him to beryllium a corrupt and fraudulent idiosyncratic done the station published connected its authoritative website and different allied online platforms.

He, therefore, sought a declaration of the tribunal that the station is mendacious and defamatory of him.

Agunloye besides sought an bid for EFCC to retract the work against him and tender unreserved apologies.

He besides sought the outgo of compensa...