{"id":109047,"date":"2023-11-03T16:04:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109047"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:04:24","slug":"court-grants-godwin-emefiele-unconditional-release-from-dss-detention-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-grants-godwin-emefiele-unconditional-release-from-dss-detention-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Court grants Godwin Emefiele \u201cunconditional\u201d release from DSS detention facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">An FCT High Court Thursday granted former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, an \u201cunconditional\u201d release from the detention facility of the Department of State Service (DSS).<\/p>\n<p>Granting the order, Justice O.A. Adeniyi, presiding judge, FCT High Court Holden at Court 8, Maitama, Abuja, ordered the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the EFCC, \u201c\u2026in the alternative, to produce Emefiele in court on November 11, 2023 that has been fixed for hearing of the substantive motion on notice for the purpose of being admitted to bail by the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice Adeniyi ruled that \u201cthe instant order, together with the motion on notice shall be served on the Respondents today, November 2, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Respondents are the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Attorney-General of the Federation, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the EFCC.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, okayed the case to be heard by 1pm prompt on Nov 11.<\/p>\n<p>Emefiele was picked up by the DSS in the first week of June this year and has been in custody since then, hours after President Bola Tinubu suspended him from office.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An FCT High Court Thursday granted former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, an \u201cunconditional\u201d release from the detention facility of the Department of State&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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