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Declaring Emefiele’s Wife Wanted Illegal, Court Rules

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The court also ordered anti-graft agency EFCC to pay her N3 million as damages for the infringement of her rights.

FILE PHOTO: Embattled former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in court in Abuja on Thursday, March 7, 2024A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that it is illegal for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to declare Magaret, the wife of the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as a wanted person.

She also urged the court to order the EFCC to remove her name and photograph from the wanted persons’ list on its website and to apologise to her for the alleged rights infringement in two national television stations and three newspapers. “I grant in favour of the Applicant as follows: “That the Applicant is entitled to the protection of her fundamental rights to life, personal liberty, right to dignity of her person, freedom of movement and right to security as guaranteed under Sections 33, 34, 35 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Articles 4, 5, 6 and 12 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Act VOL.1 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2011.

“The Respondent is directed to immediately withdraw the publication of the Applicant’s name and photographs from the fist of persons wanted by the Respondents on its website.

 

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