Former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye has been released from Kuje prison on Friday evening after completing his bail conditions.
Gatekeepers News reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the remand of Agunloye in Kuje Custodial Centre over a $6 billion Mambilla hydropower contract.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Agunloye before the Federal High Court in Abuja where he pleaded not guilty to the charges read against him.
The judge, however, ordered that the embattled former minister be remanded in Kuje custodial centre pending when bail would be granted.
On Friday, Spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Adamu Duza, told reporters that Agunloye has been released.
Duza said, “Agunloye has been released from the prison after meeting his bail condition. He was released this evening around 5:30pm.”
