FG Opens Up on N50 Billion Plea Bargain with Former CBN Governor Emefiele for His Release

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The federal government has dismissed the report of a N50 billion planned non-prosecution plea bargain with the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Emefiele, who is currently in detention, was said to have entered into a plea bargain with the government on the condition of surrendering …

The federal government has dismissed the report of a N50 billion planned non-prosecution plea bargain with the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Godwin Emefiele.

The plea bargain was also said to be aimed at cancelling the trial of the former CBN chief on a series of charges, including money laundering, breach of the Public Procurement Act and abuse of office. contained in a statement by the director of information in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs Modupe Ogundoro.The attention of the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been drawn to a report alleging that the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the Federal Government of Nigeria, have agreed to a non prosecution plea bargain arrangement.

 

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