The federal government, on Wednesday, failed to arraign Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and his co-defendant, Sa’adatu Ramallan-Yaro.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, in Abuja, had, last week Tuesday (17 August), rescheduled the arraignment of the defendants for Wednesday. Ms Ramallan-Yaro’s absence from court was cited for the postponement of the arraignment.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Abubakar, had informed the trial judge, Hamzat Muazu, that Ms Ramallan-Yaro could not be brought to court due to ill health.
However, on Wednesday, the State Security Service (SSS) failed to bring Mr Emefiele and Ms Ramallan-Yaro to court. Both of the defendants have been in SSS custody.
Neither the prosecution nor the defence teams were in court. Mr Emefiele’s lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and Ms Ramallan-Yaro’s counsel, Abdulhakeem Labi-lawal, were absent.
PREMIUM TIMES checks revealed that the case was not listed on Wednesday’s cause list, and the DPP, Mr Abubakar was also not in court.
There was no official available to explain what seemed to be an indefinite postponement agreed between the parties to the case and the court.
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