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Court Grants Emefiele’s Request To Travel Out Of Abuja

Court Grants Emefiele’s Request To Travel Out Of Abuja
  • PublishedJanuary 18, 2024

The request of a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to travel out of Abuja has been granted by a Federal Capital Territory High Court.

The court, however, said Emefiele must remain in the country.

Osun Defender reports that Emefiele was granted bail by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, in the sum of N300 million in November 2023.

He was asked by Justice Hamza Muazu to produce two sureties, who must have landed property in the Maitama District of the FCT.

Emefiele was also mandated to deposit all his travel documents with the registrar of the court and must remain within the Abuja Municipal Council

Emefiele, through his lawyer, Mathew Bukka, had requested for a variation of the terms.

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