Crimes

Emefiele files application to stop DSS from further prosecution

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to stop the Department of State Services (DSS) from further prosecuting him on the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition or on any other charge.

Emefiele, in an application filed by his lawyers led by Joseph Daudu (SAN), is also seeking an order of the court discharging him of all offenses prosecuted by the government who is in “brazen disobedience” of the subsisting orders of the court granting him bail on July 25, 2023.

The application was filed pursuant to Section 6(6)(a) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), relevant sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 and under the inherent powers of the court.

The suspended CBN Governor is also asking for a further order prohibiting the Federal Government from continuing to enjoy any form of indulgence from the courts except and unless it complies with the bail ruling.

Emefiele, in the application filed before Justice Nicholas Oweibo on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, is also seeking further proceedings in the present charge until he exhausts all the remedies available to him in law to compel the government and the DSS to obey the order of the court admitting him to bail or remanding him in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Centre until he perfects his bail terms.

Justice Oweibo has however fixed Thursday, August 10 to hear the application.

The Star