Alleged $4.5bn Fraud: Court Admits Emefiele’s Statements as Exhibits

Nigeria: Court Admits Emefiele's Statements As Exhibits in Alleged $4.5bn Fraud Trial

The court marked Mr Emefiele's statements Exhibit K31 after ruling on them to be admissible in the ongoing trial.

Court admits Emefiele’s statements as exhibits in alleged $4.5bn fraud trial

The court marked Mr Emefiele's statements Exhibit K31 after ruling on them to be admissibile in the ongoing trial. The post Court admits Emefiele’s statements as exhibits in alleged $4.5bn fraud trial appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Alleged $4.5bn fraud: Court admits Emefiele’s statements as exhibits

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 K31 after […] Alleged $4.5bn fraud: Court admits Emefiele’s statements as …

Court Admits Emefiele’s Statements in Alleged $4.5bn Fraud Trial

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has admitted extra-judicial statements made by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as evidence in his ongoing trial over alleged abuse of office. Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the ruling on Thursday, allowing the statements to be tendered as exhibits in the case. The court marked the admitted statements […] The post Court Admits Emefiele’s Statements in Alleged $4.5bn Fraud Trial appeared first …

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Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Thursday dismissed objections raised by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, to the admissibility of extra-judicial statements he allegedly made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The court held that the statements were admissible in evidence and that there was no basis to conduct a trial within trial. Emefiele had obje…

$4.5bn Fraud Trial: Emefiele suffers setback as court dismisses objections to extra-judicial statements

Justice Oshodi held that, for an extra-judicial statement to qualify as confessional, it must contain an unequivocal admission of the offences alleged against its maker.