Nigerian Government Appeals Court Order Granting Bail To Suspended Central Bank Governor, Emefiele | Sahara Reporters

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The Nigerian government has filed a fresh application, seeking leave to appeal the July 25 order in which Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos granted bail to the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The application was dated August 3, 2023. This is as the legal battle over Emefiele’s custody resumes on Thursday (today) at the Federal High Court in Lagos.

August 10, 2023This is as the legal battle over Emefiele’s custody resumes on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Lagos.

It appealed to the court to instead order that Emefiele should be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Service . However, Emefiele also filed an application on August 8, asking the court to stop the Nigerian Government from further prosecuting him on the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition or any other charge,Emefiele in the application filed through his team led by Joseph Daudu is also seeking an order of the court discharging him of all charges brought against him by the government, claiming it is in “brazen disobedience” of the subsisting orders of the court granting him bail on...

He also prayed the court to stay further proceedings in the present charge until he exhausts all the remedies available to him in law to compel the government and the DSS to obey the order of the court admitting him to bail or remanding him in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Centre until he perfects his bail terms.

 

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