Court Orders Remand of Ex-minister, Olu Agunloye at Kuje Correctional Centre 

Alex Enumah in Abuja

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Chief Olu Agunloye, at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja.

The remand order was pending the hearing and determination of his bail application.

Agunloye, a minister in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and also a former Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), was recently arrested and detained for some days by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged criminal offences.

The commission had said that it was investigating the former minister over alleged corruption and fraud in the $6 billion Mambilla hydropower contract.

But the minister denied the allegation and pleaded not guilty to the charge read against him.

Subsequently, Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie ordered his remand at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing and determination of his bail.

Details later…