The Department of State Services (DSS) has been ordered by a Federal Capital Territory High Court to charge Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to court if they have criminal allegations against him.
Presiding judge, Hamza Muazu, said the former CBN governor should be released on bail if he is not taken to a competent court within one week.
On June 9, President Bola Tinubu suspended Emefiele and asked him to transfer his responsibilities to Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, deputy governor, operations directorate.
The day after, the DSS announced that Emefiele was in its custody for “some investigative reasons”.
Emefiele had through his lawyer, Joseph Daudu SAN, filed a suit against the DSS and the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) seeking to enforce his fundamental rights.
