The federal government has filed 20 fresh charges against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
The Bola Tinubu-led government, on Tuesday, also applied to withdraw the “illegal possession of firearms” case it filed against Emefiele at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.
The Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that the application followed the result of further investigations.
The government has filed fresh charges against Emefiele in Abuja.
Speaking with journalists after the day’s proceedings Mr. Abubakar said the fresh charges – with 20 counts – were filed at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court.
One of the counts accuses Emefiele of “conferring unlawful advantages”.
It would be recall that the judge had on July 25, admitted Emefiele to a N20 million bail on a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and ordered his remand at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions.
But the Department of State Service (DSS) rearrested the embattled bank chief after fighting off Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) officials on the court’s premises.
