Col Adegbe’s release comes barely 48 hours after he sued the EFCC for N100m in damages for what he termed as his ‘unlawful detention’.
In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, his counsel, Ogwu Onoja (SAN), urged the court to declare that his client’s arrest and continued detention by the EFCC since February 11 was unconstitutional and violated his right to personal liberty guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution.
In its response, the EFCC said the ex-ADC was being held on the instructions of the Nigerian Army.
The judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, had fixed the ruling for March 1. But he is now back with the Army
Col Adegbe was on a promotional course in the United Kingdom before he was summoned to Nigeria by the army authorities and handed over to the EFCC on February 11.
He is being held by the commission for his alleged role in the distribution of over N10bn to delegates to the presidential primary of the PDP in December 2014, which produced Jonathan as the flag-bearer.
The judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, had fixed the ruling for March 1. But he is now back with the Army
Col Adegbe was on a promotional course in the United Kingdom before he was summoned to Nigeria by the army authorities and handed over to the EFCC on February 11.
He is being held by the commission for his alleged role in the distribution of over N10bn to delegates to the presidential primary of the PDP in December 2014, which produced Jonathan as the flag-bearer.
Sources say the money came directly from Nigeria's treasury.
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