The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to admit him to bail on self-recognizance pending the determination of the charge filed against him by the Federal Government.

The bail application was filed by a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), who leads 10 other lawyers, including five other SANs for Mr. Emefiele.

The case has been assigned to Justice Nicholas Oweibo

Emefiele, in the nine-ground application, denied being guilty of the gun possession-related charge and said he was neither a flight risk nor would not jump bail if granted.

Meanwhile, the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday claimed that Maxwell Okpara, who it described as the lawyer of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is the lawyer of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele.

The service said this in a tweet on its official handle @officialDSSNG