Emefiele spends 5th day in DSS custody, other things you should know

Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has now spent five consecutive days in the Department of State Service (DSS) custody with details of his arrest being shrouded by the secret police.

According to The Guardian, today, Wednesday, June 14, marked the fifth day that Emefiele has been in the custody of the DSS after he was arrested by the secret police following his suspension by President Bola Tinubu on Saturday, June 10.

Before his arrest, the immediate past governor of the CBN has had a turbulent relationship with the DSS in recent times.

Late last year, the secret police accused Emefiele of several offenses and it secretly requested a court order to arrest the ex-CBN governor over allegations of “financing terrorism, fraudulent activities, and economic crimes of national security dimension.”

The federal high court sitting in Abuja, however, rejected the request because the DSS failed to provide enough evidence to justify why the arrest warrant should be granted.

Emefiele was also criticized last year after making a partisan posture in the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

At the moment, there have been no signs that the suspended CBN governor would soon be released. The authority of the DSS is yet to disclose its findings to the public.