Alleged $6b fraud: Court dismisses Agunloye ‘s application on ”amicus curiae”

A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday dismissed an application by a former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye inviting some legal luminaries to hear his case on alleged infractions in the Mambilla Hydroelectric plant.A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday dismissed an application by a former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye inviting some legal luminaries to hear his case on alleged infractions in the Mambilla Hydroelectric plant.

Adedipe cited section 174 of the 1999 Constitution , told the court that instead of getting such fiat from the AGF, EFCC got it from the Solicitor-General of the Federation.Adedipe informed the court that the current AGF, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, was sworn in on Aug. 21, 2023, while the prosecution filed the charge against Agunloye on Sept. 7, 2023.

It was curious, he said , that the commission did not want its principal, the AGF to give support to the court in the application of justice.He told the court that since assuming office, the AGF had been giving directives that all corruption-related cases against public officers should be investigated by the Independent Corrupt Pracices and Other Related Offences Commission .

According to him,this implied that other authorities could initiate criminal proceedings in court, adding that in the instance case, the AGF did not complain that EFCC usurped his power. The prosecution counsel, therefore, urged the court to decline granting the application as prayed by the defendant.

The prosecution also alleged that it traced some suspicious payments made by Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited to the former minister’s accounts.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

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