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Olu Agunloye worked closely with me, both within and outside routine police motions, to unmask Ige\u2019s killers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would therefore amount to unpardonable complacency to propose that there are no forces sufficiently desperate to accord Agunloye the same fate as Bola Ige.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet it be understood that if anything happens to this pivotal witness while in custody, the inference will be heard loud, clear, and unambiguous\u201d, Soyinka warned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Popular Nigerian Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has raised concerns over the safety of the former minister of power and steel, Olu Agunloye in Kuje prison. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned Agunloye at an Abuja High Court over fraud allegation. 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