EFCC Confirms Dr Reuben Abati’s Release After Days In Detention

Former Presidential Spokesperson, Reuben Abati has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), its Spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed on Saturday.

Uwujaren told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was released to a surety without further conditions.

Abati confirmed his own release on Saturday morning and was “putting up somewhere in Abuja’’.

The ex-presidential aide turned himself in to the EFCC on Oct. 21 after he was accused of receiving N50 million from detained former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki.