Nigeria: Court Orders EFCC to Release Former Skye Bank Chairman, Tunde Ayeni

20 February 2019

Abuja — Justice Yusuf Halilu of Abuja High Court yesterday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni, who is currently being detained by the anti-graft agency.

Justice Halilu gave the order shortly after the court set aside an earlier order it granted the EFCC to detain Ayeni for 14 days.

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