The Central Bank of Nigeria’s suspended governor, Godwin Emefiele, has finally been charged by the Department of State Services, or DSS, and will appear in court.
According to Obasanjonews24, an Abuja High Court ordered the secret police to bring Emefiele before a judge within a week or have him released. This occurred on Thursday, July 13.
Emefiele has been charged to court in accordance with the court order, according to a statement released on Thursday night by DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya.
In response to an order issued by the Abuja High Court today, July 13, 2023, the Department of State Services (DSS) thus confirms that Mr. Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court in accordance with the Order.
“The public may be aware that the Service had, in 2022, requested a court order to hold him in connection with a criminal investigation.
Although he was granted a restraining order by an FCT High Court, the Service still detained him in June 2023 on the basis of alleged new criminal offenses or information, one of which served as the foundation for his current trial.
The public is assured by the Service that this situation will be handled professionally, justly, and fairly, and that it will carry out its obligations within the bounds of the law.
