DSS Charges Suspended CBN Governor, Emefiele To Court

The Department of State Services (DSS) has charged the embattled suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to court.

This is sequel to an Abuja High Court order of Thursday, 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.

It would be recalled that on Friday, June 9, 2023, President Bola Tinubu suspended Emefiele as the apex bank’s chief and directed that the bank’s Deputy Governor of Operations, Folashodun Shonubi, resume office in an acting capacity.

The next day, the DSS confirmed that Emefiele is in its custody.

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) had counselled the secret police not to mess up the case involving the suspended CBN chief by prosecuting him for alleged money laundering and economic crimes which fall under the purview of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He had advised that the DSS probe Emefiele for alleged terror financing and transfer him to the EFCC for prosecution for alleged money laundering.

However, the DSS arrest of Mr Emefiele came days ahead of the arrest by the organization of the chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa.

Explaining the decision to charge Emefiele, the DSS spokesman in a statement late on Thursday, said:

“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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