The Department of State Services DSS says the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court.
According to a statement by the Service Spokesman,Dr Peter Afunanya,it is in compliance with the Order of the Abuja High court.
He said 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.
Afunanya assured 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 Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja had earlier ordered the Director General of the State Security Service, and the State Security Service to file charges against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele or he should be released.
According to a ruling by Justice Hamzat Muazu, Emefiele’s detention by the secret police is unconstitutional and a violation of his rights.
