{"id":109109,"date":"2023-11-08T17:51:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109109"},"modified":"2023-11-08T17:51:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:51:29","slug":"court-grants-emefieles-bail-application-released-to-go-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/court-grants-emefieles-bail-application-released-to-go-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Court grants Emefiele\u2019s bail application, released to go home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">After about 151 days in detention, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja has granted bail to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele.<\/p>\n<p>Emefiele has reportedly perfected the liberal terms of his bail, and he is expected to appear in court on November 15 for hearing of the substantive suit against him.<\/p>\n<p>A member of Emefiele\u2019s Legal Team, Mr Matthew Bukkar, told journalists that it was a welcomed development and victory for rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank God for what happened in Court today. What happened was victory for the rule of law<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe terms of the bail have been perfected, and he is free to go home,\u201d Barrister Matthew Bukkar said.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing in the substantive suit against Emefiele would begin on November 15.<\/p>\n<p>He said the responsibility of the legal team was to ensure that Emefiele appeared in the court on November 15.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Emefiele had been challenging his prolonged detention which constituted a breach of his fundamental human right.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/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>After about 151 days in detention, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja has granted bail to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr&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":109110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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