Nigeria's High Court ordered the state security service on Thursday to release the country's detained and suspended central bank governor Godwin Emefiele or charge him within a week.
Emefiele was suspended by new President Bola Tinubu more than a month ago on June 9 and arrested a day later by the Department of State Security.
Emefiele and his lawyers have appealed against his detention but not made any public comment on the accusations. The judge said the offences, that also include criminal breach of trust, incitement of violence and economic sabotage, are bailable and that the security service investigation can not be endless.
The removal of curbs, part of the new president's push to reform the central bank, delighted investors.
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