Contrary to expectation, the arraignment of suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, and two others before a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, again failed to hold on Wednesday.
Crux News understands that the matter was not listed in the case list of the court as no reason was adduced for the ommission.
Lawyers to both parties were also absent in court.
The embattled CBN governor was brought before the court last Thursday and was expected to be arraigned when the absence of the second defendant who was said to have been indisposed stalled the process.
Although Emefiele (the first defendant) was present in court, the second defendant, a female CBN employee, Sa’adatu Yaro, was not in court.
When the matter was called before Justice Hamza Muazu, a vacation judge, the prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, who is the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the Federal Ministry of Justice, told the court that Yaro took ill and as such could not make it to court for the arraignment.
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Due to the development, Abubakar sought for a new date for the arraignment of the embattled Emefiele and the two co-defendants in the suit.
The application was, however, not objected to by counsel to Emefiele, Akinlolu Kehinde SAN and counsel for Yaro, Lawal Lebi.
Following the application with no objection from the defence team, Justice Muazu adjourned the case to August 23 for arraignment of the defendants.
However, the matter was not listed on the court’s cause list for, while neither the prosecution nor defence teams were in court.
When contacted via telephone, Emefiele’s counsel, Akinlolu SAN said a new date for the arraignment might likely be given by the FCT Chief Judge, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf.
