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Justice Olukayode Adegbola Adeniyi of the FCT High Court has reaffirmed his earlier order that former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele be either released on bail or be produced in court.
The court therefore ordered that the embattled ex-CBN helmsman be produced in court on Wednesday November 8 for the purpose of admitting him to bail.
Adeniyi, who was taken aback by the claims of the EFCC, rejected same at Monday’s proceedings.
The EFCC has refused to produce Emefiele before the court as the release order that was made on November 2 was said to have been ignored owing to some alleged confusions in the interpretation of the court order.
But at the proceedings on Monday, the Judge warned that the consequences of flouting the fresh order would be enforced to the letters.
At the resumed hearing of his fundamental rights enforcement suit, Emefiele through his counsel, Mathew Burkaa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, had complained bitterly that the anti-graft agency did not obey the lawful order issued since November 2.
He drew the attention of Justice Adeniyi to the fact that his client had spent 149 days in the custody of the federal government agencies since June 10 when he was first arrested by the operatives of the Department of the State Service (DSS).
Upon being called for explanations on why the court order was not obeyed, EFCC lawyer, Farouk Abdalla, admitted that his client was actually served with the release order.
He however hinted that the order could not be carried out because of ‘slight confusion’ observed in the order.
Justice Adeniyi who was not impressed with the claim of the EFCC lawyer ordered him to read in the open court, Order 4 Rule 3 guiding the enforcement of fundamental human rights suit.
The Judge said that the order as issued by him was clear, had no ambiguity or predicated on any condition for the anti- graft agency to toy with.
