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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the illegal possession of firearms charges against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n
Justice Nicholas Oweibo gave the order on Thursday, following the application of Mohammed Abubakar, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Ministry of Justice to withdraw the two-count charge.<\/p>\n
Abubakar relied on Section 108 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015.<\/p>\n
Emefiele\u2019s counsel, J.B. Daodu had argued that the prosecution could not withdraw the charge unless the government first purges itself of its disobedience to the court\u2019s July 25 order granting Emefiele N20 million bail.<\/p>\n
In his ruling, Justice Oweibo granted the Federal Government application, The Nation reports.<\/p>\n
While condemning the Government\u2019s conduct, the judge said: \u201cThe conduct of the prosecution has shown that it doesn\u2019t respect the rule of law.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf what benefit will it be to keep the file in the court\u2019s docket when the prosecution has shown disrespect to the court?<\/p>\n
\u201cAccordingly this charge is hereby struck out for lack of diligent prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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