The Federal Government has withdrawn the illegal possession of firearms charge it filed against suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Recall that Justice Nicholas Oweibo had granted a N20million bail to Emefiele after he was arraigned and ordered his remand at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.
In spite of meeting the bail condition, the DSS still kept Emefiele in custody over “some investigative reasons”.
On Tuesday, August 15, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar, approached the federal high court in Ikoyi with an oral application to withdraw the illegal possession of firearms charge.
But, Emefiele’s counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Daudu, opposed the application, insisting that the government must first purge itself of the disobedience of the court’s order granting Emefiele bail before its application could be taken.
Speaking to newsmen, the DPP said a fresh 20 counts have been filed at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court.
One of the counts accuses Emefiele of “conferring unlawful advantages”.
Justice Oweibo has adjourned till Thursday, August 17, 2023, to rule on the application.
