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Just in: Court Grant Bail To Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele
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JUST IN: Court Grant Bail To Ex-CBN Governor, Emefele
By Haruna Yusuf, Abuja
An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama, on Wednesday, granted bail to the immediate past CBN governor, Mr Godwin Emefele.
The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, ordered that he should be released to his lawyers.
“There must be an end to detention without trial” the judge held, stressing that it was the refusal of the Economic and Financial and Crimes Commission, EFCC, to comply with the order the court made on November 2, that led to the ruling.
Besides, the court held that it could not allow Emefiele to remain in custody owing to claim of the Federal Government that he would on November 15, be arraigned on a fresh charge.
It held that the claim was speculative as there was nothing to establish that the planned arraignment would hold as scheduled.
More so, the court noted that a purported remand order that FG’s lawyer tendered before it, which was signed by an Abuja Chief Magistrate, bore conflicting dates.
