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BREAKING: Emefiele Obtains Court Order To Allow Him Contest For President While Heading CBN

The Delta State High Court in Kwale division has issued an order prohibiting the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Board of Directors and the Independent National Electoral Commission from preventing CBN Governor Godwin Emiefele from seeking an electoral position.

Emefiele had gone to court to get a court order allowing him to continue in office while running for President.

The application was filed on May 5, 2022, and the decision was handed down on Thursday, May 12.

Justice DC Maidoh granted the order and delayed the matter to May 25 in a secret judgment issued on May 5.

“In the circumstances, in line with order 39 rule 3 of our rules, this motion is hereby granted. The motion on notice is accordingly adjourned to 25/5/2022 for hearing,” the judge said.

Court documents obtained by our correspondent revealed, “The court upon reading through the motion papers and hearing C.N. Ofiah Esq. for the claimants/applicants ordered as follows: I have read the processes in this suit, the applicant has complied with order 39 of our rules.

“Applicants also deposed to an affidavit of urgency. From the processes before this court, I find that the said application at this stage has merit pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

“In the circumstances, in line with order 39 rule 3 of our rules, this motion is hereby granted. The motion on notice is accordingly adjourned to 25/5/2022 for hearing. The applicant is to enter undertaking if the order sought ought not to have been made.”

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