{"id":48128,"date":"2023-10-02T06:24:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dnllegalandstyle.com\/dnl\/?p=48128"},"modified":"2023-10-02T06:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:35:21","slug":"agf-no-plea-bargain-deal-yet-with-emefiele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dnllegalandstyle.com\/dnl\/agf-no-plea-bargain-deal-yet-with-emefiele\/","title":{"rendered":"AGF: no plea bargain deal yet with Emefiele"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government has distanced itself from a report that it had executed a non-prosecution plea bargain with former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.<\/p>\n

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Image of the ex-Cbn Governor, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele (CFR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) said the government had no such a deal even though Emefiele\u2019s legal team mentioned it during a court hearing.<\/p>\n

The statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Modupe Ogundoro, reads: \u201cThe tension between the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice has been drawn to a report \u2026alleging that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and the Federal Government of Nigeria, have agreed to a non-prosecution plea bargain arrangement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice hereby states clearly that the report is completely false.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be noted that the legal team representing Mr. Godwin Emefiele had expressed their intention in court, at the last hearing, to initiate a plea bargain arrangement.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, no such arrangement has been reached with Mr. Godwin Emefiele or his representatives.<\/p>\n

It is advised to the media and members of the public to kindly disregard the said false report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice will continue to take all actions in the interest of the Nigerian public.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government has distanced itself from a report that it had executed a non-prosecution plea bargain with former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) said the government had no such a deal even though […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":48132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,20,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-echoes-from-the-court-room","category-headline","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t