EFCC ignores court release order, keeps Adoke in illegal custody
Five days after he was granted bail by a judge, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has yet to comply with a court order for the release of Bello Adoke, a former attorney-general, charged with corruption.
He met all the bail conditions by Thursday evening, a few hours after they were imposed, and the judge subsequently signed a warrant for his release, PREMIUM TIMES learnt from officials familiar with the matter. The demand infuriated Mr Adoke legal team as they wondered why the EFCC would impose its own conditions in a manner that undermined the release warrant that had been duly signed by a judge.
But all the efforts were frustrated. Mr Adoke was never released and his legal team members were simply tossed from one office to another. The EFCC said Mr Adoke allegedly took bribes to give favourable legal advise that closed the deal. Mr Adoke denied the allegations.
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