Socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Youths Movement, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to bring to end what it called the continuous illegal detention of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and obey the subsisting Court order on his release.
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja last Tuesday commenced the trial of Emefiele, with three witnesses exonerating him of wrongdoings in the award of N1.2bn vehicle supply contracts by CBN under him.
The group, in a statement jointly signed by its leaders, Obe Agu and Nwabueze Obi, said the exoneration of Emefiele by witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the court, was a clear evidence that he was being persecuted and not prosected.
The group, therefore, called for Emefiele’s release, and a diligent prosecution process.
The statement reads, “Emefiele was put on trial by the Federal Government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on six counts bordering on alleged breach of procurement procedure in the award of the contract to April1616 Investment Limited. At the opening of the trial, the first prosecution witness admitted that Emefiele was not the owner or shareholder of April1616 Investment Limited which was awarded the N1.2bn vehicle supply contract by CBN under Emefiele
“The witness, Samsideen Romanus, a top official of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) gave evidence on how the company was incorporated on August 1, 2016, and tendered several documents on how the company was floated. He read out before the Court, the names of shareholders of the company which comprised Aminu Idris Yaro, Maryam Aliyu…
