The Department of State Services (DSS) has charged the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to court.
This is a sequel to an Abuja High Court order of July 13, 2023, that Emefiele be charged to court within one week or released.
DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya confirmed that Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the court order.
The statement read, “The Department of State Services 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. This was 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.”
