A former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, on Monday, in Abuja has asked the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to prohibit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from prosecuting him in the alleged $6 billion fraud.
Agunloye, who was placed being investigated by the counter debasement office on the asserted $6bn Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station misrepresentation, is guaranteeing that EFCC coming up short on ability to continue with the preliminary.
He predicated his resistance to preliminary by EFCC on different grounds in his movement on notice for primer protests.
In the protest notice documented by a Senior Backer of Nigeria SAN, Adeola Adedipe for his benefit, Agunloye demanded that the EFCC needed both analytical and legal powers under Segments 6, 7 and 46 of the Monetary and Monetary Violations Commission Act, 2004.
He likewise said the supposed offenses in the charge were on his exercises as a public official, where he was claimed to have granted the agreement without monetary arrangement, endorsement and money backing.
the charges irritated on supposed defiance of the mandates of the Leader of the Government Republic of Nigeria and the phony of a letter dated May 22, 2003
“These claims don’t comprise monetary wrongdoings, which can be legally explored and arraigned by the EFCC, according to its powers under Areas 6, 7, and 46 of the Monetary and Monetary Wrongdoings Commission (Foundation) Act and in consonance with the High Court’s choice in Nwobike v. Government Republic of Nigeria (2022) 6 NWLR (Pt. 1826) 293,” he added.
At Monday’s procedures, the previous Pastor, through his advice, looked to move the movement for fundamental protests.
The move was, nonetheless, went against by EFCC in light of the fact that the movement was not yet ready for hearing.
The case of EFCC provoked Equity Jude Onwuegbuzie to move the conference in the fundamental issues with February 26, 2024.
Agunloye was summoned on seven charges verging on deceitful honor of an agreement and official defilement in January 2024.
The EFCC claimed that on May 22, 2003, Agunloye granted an agreement, named “Development of 3,960mw Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station on a Form, Work and Move Premise” to Dawn Power and Transmission Organization Restricted with practically no monetary arrangement, endorsement, and money backing.
Agunloye was similarly affirmed to have, on August 10, 2019, corruptly got the amount of N3.6m from Dawn Power and Transmission Organization Restricted and Leno Adesanya for having conveyed the ‘endorsement of the Public authority of the Government Republic of Nigeria for the development of the 3,960 megawatts Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station’ for SPTCL, which was managed without the endorsement of the Administrative Leader Chamber.
