The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till Tuesday, August 15, for further hearing in the applications filed by the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele seeking to stop the Federal Government from further remanding or prosecuting him on the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunitions or on any other charge.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo ruled that the application which touched on the jurisdiction of the Court was a priority and would be taken alongside another application filed by the government seeking leave to appeal against the order granting bail to the suspended CBN governor.
Enefiele’s counsel, Victor Opara,SAN, told the Court that the application was “germane and superior by reason of the persistent, relentless disobedience of the DSS to a clear, direct and potent order of the Court on the bail application of his client”.
Emefiele was arraigned by the Department of State Services (DSS) on July 25 on two counts of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
He was admitted to bail in the sum of Twenty million naira and ordered to be remanded at Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending the perfection of his bail but the DSS re-arrested him.
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