BREAKING: Court Grants Emefiele N300m Bail

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has granted bail to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.

He was granted bail in the sum of N300 million.

In a ruling on Wednesday, Justice Hamza Muazu held that Emefiele should produce two sureties, who must have landed property in the Maitama District of the FCT.

Emefiele was not in court during today’s proceedings, having been remanded at Kuje Prison last week.

Another FCT High Court had two weeks ago ordered his release in a fundamental human rights suit he instituted against the federal government.

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The court adjourned till November 28 for the commencement of trial.

Details shortly…

In other news, Palpable tension has enveloped the Ipole farm settlement located in Agbado-Ekiti, in Ayekire Local Government Area, as a deaf and dumb man, identified as Sunday Alabi reportedly beheaded one Sikiru, also known as Badoo

Sources in the farm settlement revealed that the deaf and dumb man had gone to the farm of Sikiru to steal some maize and when Sikiru came out to challenge him, the suspect attacked him with a machete, almost severing his head.

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The attacker immediately fled the scene leaving the victim in the pool of his own blood before some other farmers saw him and reported the case to the police.

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When contacted, the spokesman for the Ekiti Police Command, DSP Sunday Abutu confirmed the incident adding that the suspect has been arrested.

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