Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court in Lagos struck out the firearm charges against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
Oweibo struck out the charge on Thursday for want of diligent prosecution, following the withdrawal application made by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Abubakar.
At the last adjourned date, the DPP made an oral application to the court to withdraw the charge against Emefiele.
He stated that the application was informed by imaging facts and for circumstances that need further investigations and urged the court to grant the application.
No fewer than five persons have been reportedly kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, in Ebonyi State.
It was learnt that the incident took place at about 5:30 pm along the ever busy Mile 2 axis of the Ishiagu/Okigwe express road, Ebonyi State.
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The victims were said to be returning home from Enugu Airport with an airport taxi (Sienna bus) with reg/no. KWL 941 PD before they were kidnapped at the Mile 2 area, Ishiagu, in the Ivo Local Government Area of the state and taken into the nearby bush by their assailants.
A community source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, gave the names of the victims as one 41-year-old Ajah Chibuzor; his wife; their 12-year-old daughter; and the airport driver.
The source further revealed that the hoodlums, while taking the victims into the bush, ran into a farmer on his farm and also abducted him.
He stated that the vehicle conveying the victims was abandoned at the scene of the incident, but was later recovered and taken to Ishiagu Police Station.
No fewer than 20 persons have been kidnapped along the axis in the last four months, leading to the killing of four persons by the rampaging hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen.