The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has filed a discover of attraction in opposition to the ruling of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Abuja, which acquitted Abiodun Agbele, an affiliate of the previous Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, and three others within the ₦1.2bn cash laundering cost introduced in opposition to them by the fee.
Agbele and three (3) firms linked to him along with the previous governor, particularly Sylvan Mcnamara Restricted, De Privateer Restricted, and Spotless Funding Restricted have been listed as the primary to fourth respondents within the attraction.
The ₦1.2bn is alleged to be a part of the sum of ₦4.7 billion belonging to the Federal Authorities and allegedly transferred from an account related to the Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA) within the Central Financial institution of Nigeria.
Justice Dimgba had on the 21 June, 2024, upheld the no-case submission of Agbele and dominated that he had no case to reply.
Within the discover of attraction, the EFCC, by way of its prosecuting counsel, Wahab Shittu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, listed 17 grounds of attraction and sought two reliefs from the Courtroom of Attraction.
