Naira notes printing: Court grants Emefiele N300m bail, adjourns trial to May 28

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the sum of N300 million.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Emefiele on a four-count charge before MaryAnn Anenih, the presiding judge, on Tuesday.

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Moving an application for bail, Mahmud Magaji, counsel to Emefiele, asked the court to grant his client bail on self-recognition and on the same grounds and conditions of bail already granted him by a coordinate court presided over by Hamza Muazu. 

He added that the defendant will always be in court to face trial. 

In her ruling, Anenih granted the former CBN governor bail in the sum of N300 million, with two sureties in like sum.

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Emefiele has also been asked to deposit his travel documents before the court. He is not permitted to leave the country without the permission of the court. 

Anenih added that Emefiele should be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.

The case has been adjourned to May 28 and 29 for commencement of trial.