A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered remanding a former minister of power and steel Olu Agunloye in Kuje Correctional Service.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Agunloye on Wednesday over $6 billion purported scam involving the Mambilla hydropower project.
Agunloye pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was taken into custody on December 13, 2023.
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Before that, the EFCC declared Agulonye wanted over the Mambilla hydropower project.
Agunloye was a minister during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration (1999-2003).
Obasanjo accused him of illegally awarding the project’s contract without the Federal Executive Council’s approval.
Agunloye has denied any wrongdoing.
