BREAKING: Emefiele’s Trial: Court Fines FG N100m for Rights Violation
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has declared the prolonged detention of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emfiele, without trial as a flagrant violation of his fundamental rights.
The court slammed a fine of N100m against the Federal Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The Court also restrained the FG and its agents from re-arresting or detaining Emefiele without an order of the Court.
The judgment was given in a fundamental human rights suit filed by the former CBN governor following his prolonged detention in the custody of the Department of State Services.
He asked the court to order the respondents to pay him N1bn damages and to restrain them from further arresting and or detaining him.
It would be recalled that RovingNaija had reported Emefiele’s arrest on June 10 shortly after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu.
