Following an FCT High Court order of on July 13, 2023, that the Department of State Services (DSS) should charge the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to court or release him within seven days, the Service has insisted that Emefiele had been charged to court since June 2022.
The DSS, however, stated that though 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.
A statement by the DSS spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, on Thursday night stated that the “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.”
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