A high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, Friday set the sum of N50 million as bail for Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The court led by Rahmon Oshodi, the judge, also requested for two sureties in like sum.

The former CBN governor is facing trial in Lagos on a 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office.

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