Nigerian government, on Tuesday, applied to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms pending against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar, who approached the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos with an oral application said the withdrawal followed the result of further investigations.
He however disclosed that fresh charges with 20 counts had been filed against Emefiele at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
One of the counts accuses Emefiele of ‘conferring unlawful advantages’.
Defence counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN), opposed him, arguing that because the government was in disobedience of the court’s order granting Emefiele bail, its application could not be taken.
Abubakar made this known while speaking with journalists after the day’s proceedings.
On July 25, Emefiele was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on “illegal possession of firearms” at a federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos.