The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, has expressed dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Excessive Court docket awarding N100 million damages towards it in favour of the former governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele.
Justice O.A. Adeniyi, on Monday, January 8, 2024 fined the Fee after he dominated that the Fee’s detention of Emefiele in the middle of their investigation investigation was a violation of his proper to liberty.
The choice did not take cognizance of the truth that the previous CBN boss was held with a sound order of courtroom. Consequently, the Fee will method the Court docket of Enchantment to set it apart.
on July 25, 2023 Emiefele was taken earlier than the Federal Excessive Court docket in Lagos had been he was arraigned on unlawful firearms expenses and granted bail.
The DSS re-arrested him in courtroom after a scuffle with workers of the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
The embattled ex-CBN governor was not launch by the DSS till October 26, 2023, after practically 5 months in custody.
He was instantly arrested by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee and brought into custody after launch by the key police.
He was held by EFCC custody till he was taken to courtroom for arraignment on procurement fraud expenses.
