Emefiele’s Trial: Court Declines Adjournment by Defence Counsel Over Statement of MD, Nigerian Printing and Minting

Emefiele

By JUMOKE SANNI

The trial of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 with the refusal of the court to grant a motion of adjournment of proceedings owing to the non-availability of the statement of the managing director of the Nigerian Security Printing Plc, demanded by the defence counsel

The EFCC is prosecuting Emefiele on a four-count charge of unlawful printing of new naira notes.

At Tuesday’s proceedings, prosecution counsel, Abbas Mohammed, informed the court that the matter is for the continuation of cross-examination of PW7, and he is in court.

However, defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, raised an objection, saying that at the last adjourned date he requested for a statement the witness took from the Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting which he intended to use in court , but the prosecution gave him the document barely 20 minutes before the proceedings.

According to him, the report was a six-page document which ought to have been made available to the defence 48 or at least 24 hours before the day’s proceedings.

“My Lord, the investigation report was made available to us barely 20 minutes before today’s proceedings. Even the defendant has not had the opportunity to see it. We have not had the chance to look at the report critically,” he said.