JUST IN: Emefiele withdraws suit seeking eligibility to contest presidential election
Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has withdrawn a suit asking the federal high court in Abuja to declare him eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election.
At the court on Monday, S.T. Maliki, counsel to Emefiele who represented Mike Ozekhome, told Ahmed Mohammed, the presiding judge, that the suit was filed on May 16.
Maliki added that he has been asked by his client to withdraw the suit.