Court grants ex-CBN governor Emefiele bail

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An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama had granted bail to the detained former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, , Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, in his order on Wednesday, held that he should be released to his lawyers. "There must be an end to detention without trial" the judge held, stressing…An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama had granted bail to the detained former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, , Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

It held that the claim was speculative as there was nothing to establish that the planned arraignment would hold as scheduled. Consequently, the court directed that Emefiele should be released to a team of three Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, that represented him in the matter. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu had on June 9, suspended Emefiele from office as the head of the apex bank.Emefiele had since then, faced a two-count charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition before the Federal High Court in Lagos, as well as a 20-count corruption charge that the Federal Government entered against him and two others before an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama.

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