Emefiele Remanded In Kuje Prison

By Akinwale Kasali

Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has been remanded in Kuje Prison, Abuja, the Nation’s Capital on the orders of Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Justice Muazu said the former Governor of the Apex Bank should be remanded in prison pending the determination of his request for bail.

Emefiele will remain in prison until November 22, when the court will deliver a ruling on his bail motion.

His lead counsel, Mathew Burkaa SAN, moved the application for bail which Rotimi Oyedepo vehemently opposed on behalf of the Federal Government.

After taking arguments for and against the application, Justice Muazu said a bench ruling could not be delivered in view of the plethora of authorities cited by the two parties.

The Judge said he needed a little time to study the authorities and peruse through the exhibits supplied by Emefiele to support his request for bail.

Emefiele was in custody for 151 days after his suspension from office by President Bola Tinubu in June, 2023. He was first detained by the Department of State Services, DSS, then the EFCC. After 151 days, he was given what has now turned out to be a temporary bail by a Federal High Court. In Abuja on Friday, he was again taken into custody when he was remanded in the custody of Kuje prisons pending a decision, again, on his bail application. A new CBN Governor has since been appointed.