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A erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, connected Tuesday prayed an Abuja High Court to disregard the prosecution successful his ongoing proceedings implicit alleged procurement fraud.
Emefiele is lasting proceedings earlier Justice Hamza Muazu, successful a suit filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, successful the lawsuit marked CR/577/2023, connected an amended 20-count charge.
The national authorities charged Emefiele with transgression breach of trust, conferring corrupt advantage, forgery, conspiracy to get by mendacious pretences, and obtaining wealth by mendacious pretences portion helium was the CBN governor.
He was alleged to person utilized his presumption arsenic CBN politician to grant six antithetic contracts for the proviso of antithetic vehicles to April 1616, successful which 1 Sa’adatu Ramalan Yaro, a subordinate of unit of CBN, is simply a manager and shareholder, betwixt 2018 and 2022 to the tune of N1,210,600,000, among different allegations.
Emefiele, however, pleaded not blameworthy to the charge.
At the resumed proceeding of the case, Emefiele’s counsel, Mathew Burkaa, SAN, urged the tribunal to disregard the prosecution.
The request, helium said, was owed to the nonaccomplishment of the prosecution to beryllium contiguous successful court, having known of the adjourned date.
Burkaa told the tribunal that the substance was slated for continuation of the hearing, but the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo SAN, was not successful tribunal and did not nonstop a representative.
He added that helium was informed by the tribunal registrar connected Monday done a WhatsApp connection that a missive had been sent seeking an adjournment by the prosecution.
He told the tribunal that the exertion helium was shown successful the tribunal was sent by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to him, the complaint earlier the tribunal was brought by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, and helium wondered wherefore EFCC applied for an adjournment of the matter.
While opposing the exertion for adjournment, helium wondered wherefore nary of the lawyers progressive alongside Oyedepo could beryllium successful tribunal for the substance to proceed.
He added that the prosecution asked for an accelerated proceeding of the case.
He further told the tribunal that Emefiele and his lawyers were coming from Lagos to be the trial.
Burkaa, therefore, urged the tribunal to foreclose the prosecution arsenic determination was nary exertion from the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation for adjournment.
After listening to the counsel, Justice Muazu said the tribunal would springiness the prosecution 1 past opportunity.
He added that the tribunal would instrumentality the indispensable steps should the prosecution neglect to look successful tribunal connected the adjacent adjourned date.
He, therefore, adjourned until October 22 for the continuation of the hearing.
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