Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Friday challenged the admissibility of a bundle of statements the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission sought to tender against him in his ongoing trial over an alleged $4.5bn and N2.8bn fraud and abuse of office.
Emefiele, through his lead counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), told Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court that the statements were obtained under oppressive, dehumanising and torturous conditions while his client was in EFCC custody.
Ojo argued that the statements were not voluntarily made, alleging that Emefiele was held incommunicado for more than 157 days before making them.
“The objection is predicated on the provisions of the Evidence Act and the Anti-Torture Act,” Ojo told the court.
He submitted that Section 4 of the Anti-Torture Act prohibits the admission of any confession or statement obtained through torture or other inhumane treatment.
“These statements
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