Court Orders EFCC To Pay Agunloye N10m, Publish A Retraction Over Defamatory ‘$6bn Fraud’ Publication

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay Olu Agunloye, former minister of power, N10 million in damages for defaming him through a publication on its website and social media platforms.

Peter Kekemeke, the presiding judge, also directed the anti-graft agency to retract the publication, publish a public apology on its website and in two national newspapers, and refrain from making further defamatory statements about the former minister.