The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee has expressed its dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory Excessive Court docket awarding N100 million damages in opposition to it in favour of a former governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
The PUNCH reviews that Justice O.A. Adeniyi, on Monday, January 8, 2024, fined the EFCC after he dominated that the fee’s detention of Emefiele in the midst of its investigation was a violation of his proper to liberty.
Reacting to the event in an announcement on Monday, the EFCC said that it’s going to strategy the Court docket of Enchantment to set the judgment apart whereas noting that the choose didn’t take cognizance of the truth that the previous CBN boss was held by the fee with a sound order of courtroom
The state reads, “The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee has expressed dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Excessive Court docket awarding N100 million damages in opposition to it in favour of a former governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, 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 midst of his investigation was a violation of his proper to liberty.
“The choice didn’t take cognizance of the truth that the previous CBN boss was held with a sound order of courtroom. Consequently, the fee will strategy the Court docket of Enchantment to set it apart.”
PUNCH On-line reviews that Emefiele had been allegedly concerned in an ongoing investigation into fraudulent overseas change allocations.
The EFCC had written to over 85 entities comprising company organisations and people.
It was gathered that Emefiele may face an amended cost to incorporate new discoveries within the ongoing probe of foreign exchange transactions underneath his probe.
The anti-graft company has additionally summoned senior officers of the affected entities and mandated them to offer detailed paperwork of their overseas change transactions masking the final 9 years.