The Department of State Services (DSS) has finally charged the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, to court.<\/p>\n
Earlier, an Abuja High Court ordered the secret police to charge Emefiele to court within one week or release him.<\/p>\n
However, reacting to the court\u2019s order on Thursday evening, the DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, said Emefiele has been charged to court.<\/p>\n
The DSS spokesman, however, did not state the court where Emefiele was charged and did not state the allegations brought against the suspended bank chief before the undisclosed court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe public may recall that the Service had, in 2022, applied for a Court Order to detain him in respect of a criminal investigation,\u201d Afunanya said in a statement late Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThough he (Emefiele) obtained a restraining order from an FCT High Court, the Service, however, arrested him in June, 2023, on the strength of suspected fresh criminal infractions\/information, one of which forms the basis for his current prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n
The secret police assured the public of professionalism, justice and fairness in handling Emefiele\u2019s case.<\/p>\n
On Friday, June 9, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu suspended Emefiele as the apex bank\u2019s chief and directed that the bank\u2019s Deputy Governor of Operations, Folashodun Shonubi, resume office in an acting capacity.<\/p>\n
The next day, the DSS confirmed that Emefiele is in its custody. The embattled suspended apex bank chief has since remained in the custody of the secret police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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