The Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Abubakar, withdrew the case in an oral application.
Abubakar told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that the application followed the outcome of further investigations.
However, counsel for Emefiele, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Daudu, opposed the application insisting that that the government must first purge itself of the disobedience of the court’s order granting Emefiele bail, before its application could be taken.
Justice Oweibo has adjourned till Thursday, August 17, 2023 to rule on the application.
The DPP told newsmen that a fresh twenty counts has been filed at the Federal Capital Territory High Court against the suspended CBN governor.
