The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has been freed from custody.

The ex-AGF has been in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he was arrested upon his return from a self-exile, on December 19, 2019.

He regained his freedom on Monday shortly after he was granted bail in the fresh money laundering charges instituted against him by the EFCC.

He and his co-accused, Aliyu Abubakar, earlier on Monday, pleaded not guilty to the seven counts instituted against them.

The EFCC alleged that the defendants, about September 2013, made naira and dollar payments totaling about N900m into Adoke’s accounts in violation of various provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.