….we’ll appeal judgment— EFCC
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA— A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting at Maitama has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay a fine of N10million for defaming a former Minister of Power, Dr. Olu Agunloye, through a libelous publication on its social media handles.
The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Kekemeke, found that the anti-graft agency damaged the claimant’s reputation.
Agunloye, in a N10billion defamation claim he filed before the court, insisted that the publication the EFCC carried on its website and X (formerly Twitter) handle, titled: “EFCC arraigns Agunloye over $6billion fraud,” tarnished his image and occasioned reputational damage against him.
In the writ of summons marked FCT/HC/CV/1199/2024, which he filed through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Adeola Adedipe, SAN, he claimed that the agency dented his good name and dragged his integrity into the mud.
He told the court that the commission accused him of being a corrupt and fraudulent individual through the defamatory post it shared on its official website and other allied online platforms.
He prayed the court to declare that
