By Henry Ojelu
LAGOS—Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday reserved ruling till July 9 on the admissibility of extra-judicial statements allegedly made by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, in his ongoing alleged $4.5 billion fraud trial.
The court fixed the date after listening to arguments by both the prosecution and defence on whether the statements sought to be tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, were voluntarily made.
Emefiele is standing trial alongside his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, on a 19-count charge bordering on alleged gratification and corrupt demands while he served as CBN Governor.
Omoile is separately facing a three-count charge relating to the alleged unlawful acceptance of gifts by an agent.
