A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama,
Abuja, while ruling on the bail application of an ally of Governor Ayo Fayose
of Ekiti State, Abiodun Agbele, awarded N5m as damages against the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission as compensation for the suspect’s “wrongful and
illegal detention” from July 1 till date.
According to PUNCH, the court held that the order obtained
by the EFCC from a Magistrates’ Court
in Wuse on July 13 after the anti-graft
agency was served with the processes of the suit, amounted to nullity, as it
(the order) was said to have been obtained to foist a “fait accompli” on the
court with respect to the suspect’s suit.
The judge condemned “strongly” what he described as EFCC’s
“gross abuse of powers” and its “arrogant display of executive might” for
detaining the suspect illegally for the period.
The court awarded N5m as damages against the EFCC as
compensation for the suspect’s “wrongful and illegal detention” from July 1
till date.
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