The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, to unfailingly appear before it on Tuesday.
According to NAN, the governor is to appear to give some explanations on the role of the apex bank in the November 11, 2023, off-cycle election in Kogi . The three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, also threatened to wield the big stick on the CBN ’s Director of Corporate Service.
recalls that the tribunal had, on April 18, issued a subpoena to compel the CBN governor or any of its officers to attend the proceedings to give evidence concerning the allegation levelled by Gov. Ododo that the petitioners filed the petition against him outside the 21 days allowed by law. Although the panel directed the CBN governor or its officer to appear on April 19 to testify, no one represented the apex bank at the hearing.
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