A former Minister of Energy and Metal, Olu Agunloye, has been launched from Kuje Correctional Heart after fulfilling his bail situation, PUNCH gathered on Saturday.
Our correspondent discovered that Agunloye was launched on Friday night.
The spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Adamu Duza, disclosed this to our correspondent.
Duza stated: “Agunloye has been launched from jail after fulfilling his bail situation. He was launched this night round 5:30 pm.”
A Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja had ordered the remand of Agunloye on the Kuje Detention Heart over a US$6 billion Mambilla hydropower contract.
The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee arraigned Agunloye earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja the place he pleaded not responsible to the fees towards him.
The choose, nevertheless, ordered that the embattled former minister be confined on the Kuje Detention Heart pending the time when bail can be granted.
Recall that the EFCC acknowledged that Agunloye was needed in reference to a US$6 billion energy challenge involving the Mambilla hydropower challenge.
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