DSS charges Emefiele to court

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has charged the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to court in compliance with the order to the effect.

The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, made this known via a statement issued on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court had, earlier on Thursday, ordered the DSS to charge Emefiele to court within one week or release him on bail.

The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, gave the order in his ruling in a fundamental human rights suit filed by Emefiele, who was arrested by the secret police on June 10, 2023, following his suspension by President Bola Tinubu.

Afunanya stated: “Sequel to an Abuja High Court Order of today, 13th July, 2023, the Department of State Services (DSS) hereby confirms that Mr Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the order.

“The public may recall that the Service had, in 2022, applied for a court order to detain him in respect of a criminal investigation. Though he 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.

“The Service assures the public of professionalism, justice, and fairness in handling this matter and indeed the discharge of its duties within the confines of the law.”

The Star