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Nigerian court orders gov’t to release or charge central bank chief

Nigeria's now-suspended Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele briefs the media during a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria in January 2020 [File: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]

Nigeria’s High Court ordered the country’s State Security Service (SSS) on Thursday to release detained and suspended Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele or charge him within a week.

Emefiele, who made an unprecedented run for the Nigerian presidency last year, was suspended by new President Bola Tinubu on June 9 and has been held in detention by the SSS since June 10.

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