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Court admits Emefiele’s statements as exhibits in alleged $4.5bn fraud trial
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday admitted as evidence extra-judicial statements made by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in his trial for alleged abuse of office. Justice Rahman Oshodi upheld the statements as exhibits, allowing the substantive trial to proceed expeditiously. Oshodi admitted the statements and marked them as Exhibit The post Court admits Emefiele’s statements as exhibits in alleged 4.5bn fraud trial appeared first on Dateline Nigeria.
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Ed Meese and the Originalist Court
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