Kotu ta Mai Shari’a ta Ikeja, Lagos, ta yi wa ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2025, don hukunci kan korafin da tsohon Gwamnan Babban Bankin Nijeriya, Godwin Emefiele, ya kai kotu, inda yake neman a soke ikalin yankin kotun.
Emefiele, tare da abokin aikinsa, Henry Omoile, ana shari’arsa a gaban kotun Mai Shari’a ta Ikeja, kan zargin cin amana da kudaden dala $4.5 biliyan da N2.8 biliyan da Hukumar Yaki da Cin Hanci da Rashawa (EFCC) ta kai musu.
Laoyan Emefiele, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), ya ce kotun ba ta da ikalin yankin da za ta shari’ar a Lagos. Ya ce manyan laifuffukan da aka zarge shi, ciki har da cin amana, sun faru waje da yankin kotun.
Ojo ya ce zargin ya keta Section 36(12) na Tsarin Mulkin Nijeriya, kuma ya ce ayyukan da aka zarge Emefiele ba suka samu amincewar doka.
Ya kuma ce Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Lagos ba ta da ikalin yankin da za ta shari’ar a kan batutuwan Exclusive Legislative List, wanda hakan ya sa Section 73 na Dokar Laifukan Jihar Lagos 2011 ba zai iya aiki a waje da yankin kotun.
Ojo ya roki kotun ta soke zargin daga 1 zuwa 4 na tuhume-tuhumen 18 da aka gyara a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 2024, saboda laifuffukan da aka zarge sun faru waje da yankin kotun.
A gefe guda, laoyan EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), ya ce kotun tana da ikalin yankin da za ta shari’ar. Ya ce zargin sun shiga karkashin ikalin EFCC, kuma shaidar da aka gabatar ya nuna cewa Lagos ita ce wurin da ya dace da shari’ar.
Oyedepo ya ce shaidar da aka gabatar ta nuna cewa laifuffukan sun faru a cikin yankin kotun, kuma shahadaran da aka gabatar sun tabbatar da Lagos a matsayin wurin da ya dace da shari’ar.
Bayan kallon korafin daga bangarorin biyu, Alkali Rahman Oshodi ya tsayar da hukunci har zuwa ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2025.
