Justice O. Adeniji of the High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has issued a direct and unconditional order for the immediate release of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
This directive came after a motion ex parte presented by Emefiele’s legal team.
The lawsuit, identified as FCT/HC/CV/040/2023/M/122/2023, lists the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation, the EFCC, and its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, as defendants.
Justice Adeniji’s ruling states, “The third and fourth respondents are hereby ordered to unconditionally release the applicant from detention forthwith or in the alternative produce him in court on the date fixed for hearing of the substantive motion on notice for purposes of being admitted to bail by the court.”
“It is hereby further ordered that the motion on notice shall be heard on November 11, 2023. The instant order together with the Motion on Notice shall be served on the respondents on Thursday, November 2, 2023.”
It’s worth noting that the EFCC arrested Emefiele on October 27 shortly after his release from the custody of the Department of State Services, where he had been held since June 10.
He was initially taken into custody by the DSS in June following his suspension by President Bola Tinubu.
