BREAKING: LAGOS COURT REMANDS EMEFIELE IN EFCC CUSTODY OVER ABUSE OF OFFICE
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Following his arraignment for alleged abuse of office, a Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday remanded former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Justice Rahman Oshodi made the remand order after Emefiele and his co-defendants, Herry Omoile, pleaded not guilty to a 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office brought against them by the EFCC.
Emefiele, who was earlier arraigned alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, on fresh 26 counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi, pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
The charge was marked ID/23787c/2024 and dated April 3, 2024.
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Meanwhile, the defendant’s lawyer, A. Labo-Lawal, however, pleaded with the court to grant Emefiele bail in self-recognisance and allow him to continue with the bail earlier granted him by the Abuja court.
He also urged the court to grant the second defendant bail earlier granted him by Justice O. Sule-Hamzat.
The prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), did not oppose the bail applications.
But Justice Oshodi, after listening to the submissions of both counsels, remanded Emefiele to EFCC custody and the second defendant to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre and adjourned the case till April 11 for a ruling on bail and the commencement of trial.
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