An FCT High Court, on Thursday, granted former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, an “unconditional” release from the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS). This is coming days after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the embattled former CBan governor.
Granting the order, Justice O.A. Adeniyi, ordered the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the EFCC, “…in the alternative, to produce Emefiele in court on November 11, 2023 the date fixed for hearing of the substantive motion on notice for the purpose of being admitted to bail by the court.”
Justice Adeniyi ruled that “the instant order, together with the motion on notice shall be served on the Respondents today, November 2, 2023.”
The Respondents are the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Attorney-General of the Federation, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the EFCC.
He, therefore, okayed the case to be heard by 1pm prompt on November11.
Emefiele was picked up by the DSS in the first week of June this year hours after President Bola Tinubu suspended him from office, and has been in custody since then.
