FCT High Court grants N50million bail to Gov. Fayose’s aide Abiodun Agbele

An FCT High Court sitting in Abuja, today, July 21, 2016, granted N50million bail to Abiodun Agbele, an aide of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state. Agbele was arrested and detained in Lagos State in June by the EFCC, over allegations of aiding and abetting Fayose to launder N1.219billion he received from the Office of the former National Security Officer, Sambo Dasuki in June 2014.
He is being prosecuted by the EFCC for allegedly buying properties on behalf of Fayose from the money he received through former Minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro. Along with the N50million bail granted, the accused will also have to produce two sureties of the Director Cadre in the civil service.