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Court grants bail to ex-Nigerian central bank chief facing fraud charges

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele, right, appears in a court in Abuja, August 17, 2023 [Kola Sulaimon/AFP]

A Nigerian court has freed former central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, who has been charged with six counts of fraud and corruption, on bail.

Emefiele, suspended as head of the central bank in June and arrested by the security services, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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