{"id":865,"date":"2026-07-09T13:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/?p=865"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:39:51","slug":"court-awards-ex-power-minister-agunloye-ten-million-naira-against-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/court-awards-ex-power-minister-agunloye-ten-million-naira-against-efcc\/","title":{"rendered":"COURT AWARDS EX POWER MINISTER AGUNLOYE TEN MILLION NAIRA AGAINST EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday awarded N10m in damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for defaming a former Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Peter Kekemeke, in a judgment delivered in a N10bn suit instituted by Agunloye, held that the anti-graft agency\u2019s publication titled, \u201cEFCC arraigns Agunloye over $6bn fraud,\u201d was false and defamatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former minister had sued the commission through his counsel, Adeola Adedipe, alleging that the publication on the EFCC\u2019s website and X handle portrayed him as a corrupt and fraudulent person and damaged his reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivering judgment, Justice Kekemeke held that the publication contained all the ingredients of defamation, noting that it was in a permanent form and expressly identified Agunloye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge held that the EFCC, being an investigative agency and not a news organisation, knew that Agunloye was not being prosecuted for a six billion dollars fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the court declared the publication on the commission\u2019s official website and X handle false and defamatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Kekemeke ordered the EFCC to retract the publication and publish a public apology on its website and in two national newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court also granted a perpetual injunction restraining the commission from further publishing defamatory statements against the former minister and awarded N10m damages in his favour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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