Emefiele's arraignment over N6.9 billion alleged procurement fraud has been stalled due to the absence of the second defendant.
The second defendant, a female CBN employee, Sa’adatu Yaro, was not in court as she's said to be indisposed.
Some lawyers have filed a contempt suit against the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Yusuf Bichi, over the continued detention of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
The lawyers anchored the suit filed on the alleged violation of multiple judgements ordering the release of Mr Emefiele.
The lawyers, led by Maxwell Opara and Ahmed Tijani, prayed the court to jail Mr Bichi for contempt.
The lawyers filed a motion before the court to issue Form 48 and Form 49, the forms used to commence proceedings to commit a contemnor to prison.
The lawyers said that by the judgements and orders of judges of the FCT High Court – M. A. Hassan, Hamza Muazu, and Bello Kawu – the DG of SSS ought to have released Mr Emefiele from detention.
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