COURT ORDERS UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF EMEFIELE FROM EFCC CUSTODY
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Godwin Emefiele, the immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was ordered to be released unconditionally and immediately from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday by Justice O. Adeniji of the High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
After receiving a motion ex parte from Emefiele’s legal team, the judge issued the order.
The Federal Government of Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation, the EFCC, and its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, are named as defendants in the lawsuit with the file number FCT/HC/CV/040/2023/M/122/2023.
Ruling on the application, Justice Adeniji said, “The third and fourth respondents are hereby ordered to unconditionally release the applicant from detention forthwith or in the alternative produce him in court on the date fixed for hearing of the substantive motion on notice for purposes of being admitted to bail by the court.”
“It is hereby further ordered that the motion on notice shall be heard on November 11, 2023. The instant order together with the Motion on Notice shall be served on the respondents on Thursday, November 2, 2023.”
President Bola Tinubu had on June 9, suspended Emefiele from office as the head of the apex bank
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