Former Central Financial institution of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been launched from the Kuje Correctional Centre after assembly his N300 million bail situation.
He was launched on Friday, December 22, 2023.
The spokesperson for the Kuje Correctional Centre, FCT, Adamu Duza, confirmed the information on Saturday, stating that Emefiele had met his bail circumstances and had no purpose to remain within the facility.
The choose instructed Emefiele to deposit all his journey paperwork with the courtroom registrar and keep throughout the Abuja Municipal Space Council.
Recall that the choose had initially ordered him to stay in Kuje Correctional Centre till he fulfilled the bail circumstances.
Regardless of objections from the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), Justice Muazu, who presided over the case, disagreed that Emefiele posed a flight threat or might jeopardise the investigation. After granting bail, the choose scheduled the trial on November 28.
Emefiele confronted six counts associated to procurement fraud amounting to N1.2bn. The Particular Investigator, Jim Obazee, who probed the Central Financial institution, reported that Emefiele and others embezzled billions and dedicated monetary offenses.
The report, submitted to President Bola Tinubu on December 9, 2023, alleged fraudulent money withdrawals of $6.23 million, fraud within the redesign of the naira, and the retention of 543.4 million kilos in the UK throughout Emefiele’s tenure from June 2014 to June 2023.
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