An Abuja High Court on Friday requested that the suspended , Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, be remanded in Kuje remedial focus until Nov 22.
Justice Hamza Muazu provided the request and dismissed until Nov. 22 when Emefiele’s bail application will be heard.
Emefiele was summoned by the Central Government on a six-count charge verging on obtainment.
The first charge, which was 20 builds up to the tune of N6.5 billion, has been decreased to six, to the tune N1.6 billion.
Emefiele is the main litigant in the new charge.
In the revised charge sheet, the National Government claimed that Emefiele unlawfully purchased 43 vehicles somewhere in the range of 2018 and 2020 worth N1.2 billion.
He was blamed for granting an agreement for the obtainment of 37 Toyota Hilux Vehicles esteemed at N854 million.
Count one read, “That you, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, male, grown-up, at some point in 2018 inside the purview of this Good Court involved your situation as Legislative leader of the National Bank of Nigeria to give a bad benefit on Sa’adatu Ramallan Yaro, a staff of the National Bank of Nigeria by granting an agreement for the stockpile of 37 Toyota Hilux Vehicles at the expense of N854,700,000 just to April1616 Venture Ltd, an organization in which the said Sa’adatu Ramallan Yaro is a chief and subsequently dedicated an offense.”
In the subsequent count, Emefiele was blamed for utilizing his situation to corruptly present a benefit on Yaro, “a staff of the National Bank of Nigeria by granting an agreement for the stockpile of one Toyota Avalon at the expense of N99,900,000 just to April1616 Speculation Ltd, an organization in which the said Sa’adatu Ramallan Yaro Chief and in this way dedicated an offense.”
He was likewise blamed for presenting degenerate benefit in opposition to Segment 19 of the Bad Practices and Other Related Offenses Act 2000 by granting an agreement for the stock of one Toyota Landcruiser V8 April1616 Venture Ltd., in 2019 at the expense of N73 million.
The fourth count was about a Toyota Landcruiser V8 esteemed N73,800,000 granted wrongfully to April 1616 Speculation Ltd.
The Central Government further blamed the previous CBN lead representative for likewise granting an agreement to Yaro for the stockpile of two Toyota Hilux Shell Particular Vehicles at the expense of N44,200,000 in 2020.
