The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed against the FCT High Court’s judgement holding it liable and awarding N10 million damages against it for defaming a former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye.
It also applied for a stay of execution to halt the enforcement of judgement pending the determination of its appeal.
According to a statement by EFCC’s head of media and publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Sunday, the commission filed the notice of appeal on Friday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
The commission filed the appeal on 11 grounds of appeal and presented four prayers.
“The orders the Commission is seeking in the appeal are orders allowing the appeal, setting aside the whole of the judgment, dismissing Agunloye’s claim before the trial court in its entirety and any other order the court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of the appeal,” EFCC’s statement read.
