{"id":13984,"date":"2024-01-11T13:19:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T13:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=13984"},"modified":"2024-01-11T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T13:19:21","slug":"just-in-abuja-court-grant-former-power-minister-agunloye-n50m-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/11\/just-in-abuja-court-grant-former-power-minister-agunloye-n50m-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Abuja Court Grant Former Power Minister Agunloye N50m Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has been granted bail in the amount of N50 million by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo on Thursday, January 11.<\/p>\n<p>Abuja City Journal reports that Agunloye is facing seven charges related to contract fraud and government misconduct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_2_host\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\">The judge had previously ordered Agunloye\u2019s confinement at the Kuje Correctional Center pending a hearing and decision on his bail application.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In court, Agunloye\u2019s lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, moved the motion, seeking bail for his client through self-recognizance or in liberal terms. Adedipe argued that Agunloye was not a flight risk and that the prosecution\u2019s opposition to bail was based on a \u201cmisconception and communication barrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adedipe also contested the court\u2019s requirement for Agunloye to have a public official as a guarantor, stressing that the trial could continue even if the defendant absconds.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution counsel opposed the bail application, but Justice Onwuegbuzie ruled in favour of granting bail to the defendant<\/p>\n<p>The judge granted N50 million bail to Agunloye and ordered him to produce two guarantors in a like sum. The sureties must be \u201creputable\u201d and \u201cpeople of means\u201d residing within the FCT, with properties worth N300 million and verifiable Certificates of Occupancy.<\/p>\n<p>The guarantors are required to submit copies of their identity cards and photocopies of their international passports to the court. Agunloye must also submit his passport to the court and be present for all hearings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_3_host\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\">The case has been adjourned to February 12. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating Agunloye in connection with the $6 billion Mambilla Hydropower Contract.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has been granted bail in the amount of N50 million by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo on Thursday, January 11. Abuja City Journal reports that Agunloye is facing seven charges related to contract fraud and government misconduct. &nbsp; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14001,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13984\/revisions\/14001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}