*Federal High Court dismisses his suit
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Former Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye is to appeal the Monday’s ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja, dismissing his suit to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), from harassing him and breaching his fundamental rights on the ongoing International Arbitration on Mambilla Power Project
It was reliably gathered that Dr. Agunloye’s lawyers have expressed preparedness in respect of the appeal considering that the court admitted basing its ruling on the suit being, “an attempt to use the instrumentality of the court to shield the applicant from criminal investigation and to interfere with the statutory authority of the Respondent to investigate crimes or allegations of same in line with the EFCC Act.”
Sources stressed that it is believed that the duties of EFCC must be performed in accordance with the law, and the court has the powers to stop any infraction by the EFCC in the course of performance of its duties.
According to the sources, ” Such does not amount to interference with the statutory duties of EFCC but a legal checkmate of its powers to deter likely abuse.
New Nigerian recalled that the suit
filed by Dr Agunloye in June 2023 to restrain EFCC from harassing him and breaching his fundamental rights because of the ongoing International Arbitration on Mambilla Power Project was on Monday, 18 March 2024 dismissed by Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The points made by Agunloye in the civil suit which has dragged for over nine months had become irrelevant or expired in reality because the EFCC, the Respondent, had, while the case was in progress, declared Agunloye wanted, detained him, maltreated him in detention, arraigned him before another court and remanded him in prison until the court granted him bail.
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