Emefiele Settles For Plea Bargain

<h4>Emefiele Settles For Plea Bargain<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that strong indications have emerged that the planned arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN&comma; Godwin Emefiele on alleged breach of procurement laws and contract inflation has been put off indefinitely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The arraignment on a 20-count charges slated for Wednesday August 23 by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory was not slated on the cause list&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Information gathered at the court room indicated that the arraignment was shifted at the instance of the detained CBN Chief&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authoritative sources confided in our correspondent that Emefiele and his-co accused&comma; Saadat Yaro have opted for a plea bargain policy to settle with the Federal Government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Emefiele&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria&comma; Kehinde Akinlolu SAN confirmed the shift in the arraignment&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that a new date may likely be issued by the court by the Chief Judge&comma; Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was taken into custody by Nigeria’s secret police&comma; the State Security Service &lpar;SSS&rpar;&comma; hours after President Bola Tinubu suspended him from office in June&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;