Alleged $6bn Mambilla Power Fraud: Agunloye Admitted Knowing Owner of Contractor Company before Ministerial Appointment - Witness

The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Hussein Babangida in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 told a Federal High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja and presided over by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie that Agunloye admitted in his extra-judicial statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC that he knew the owner of Sunrise Power Transmission Company Limited, Leno Adesanya to whom he awarded the contract before he was appointed Minister of Power. The former minister is facing prosecution on an amended seven-count charg…

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-02-19
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/alleged-6bn-mambilla-power-fraud-agunloye-admitted-knowing-owner-of-contractor-company-before-minist
Archived copy	Look it up in the Wayback Machine
Record ID	`efcc:news:13852`

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Alleged $6bn Mambilla Power Fraud: Agunloye Admitted Knowing Owner of Contractor Company before Ministerial Appointment - Witness. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:13852.