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Update: Adoke freed from EFCC custody
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) has been freed from EFCC’s custody after being arraigned this earlier today before a Federal High Court in Abuja on new charges of money laundering.
Adoke who was arrested on December 19, 2019 after returning to Nigeria from a self-imposed exile, was granted bail by Justice Binta Nyako after being arraigned before the court on Monday 10, February.
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Justice Binta subsequently ordered Adoke’s release after his counsel Mike Ozekhome revealed that his client had fulfilled the conditions attached to a previous and similar bail the former AGF was granted by the High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja on January 30.
Adoke was released alongside co-defendant, Aliyu Abubakar who is being accused of paying a dollar equivalent of N300m into the former AGF’s account.
Adoke departed the court in Ozekhome’s car in the day.
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