The Federal Government has filed 20 f against the embattled governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, as it sought on Tuesday to drop an unlawful possession of firearms case it had previously filed against the suspended bank chief.
PoliticsNow reports that Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar, Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, said the fresh charges were filed after the government uncovered new findings.
Mr. Abubakar detailed that the latest charges were filed at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court.
Mr Emefiele is being accused of “conferring unlawful advantages” in one of the fresh charges brought against him by the government.
Recall that Mr Emefiele who is currently standing trials at the Federal High Court in Lagos for the illegal possession of firearms had been in the custody of the Department of States Services, DSS.
On the 25th of July, the court granted Mr Emefiele a N20million bail on a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
The court however directed that the embattled bank boss be held at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, untill he fulfilled his bail terms.
Going against the court directives, the DSS rearrested Mr Emefiele after a tussle with men of NCoS at the court.
However, Mr Abubakar told the court orally the
Justice Nicholas Oweibo led court of the federal government’s decision to withdraw the firearm case and slam fresh chagres against the apex bank chief.
Kicking against FG’s move Joseph Daudu, a member of the defence counsel argued that the government was yet to honor the court order that granted Mr Emefiele bail as such the application should not be taken.
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