The just suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele has reportedly been arrested by the Department of State Security Services (DSS).
His arrest came shortly after his suspension was announced by Willie Bassey, the Director of Information at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Recall that Emefiele had earlier been accused of allegedly aiding and abetting acts of terrorism and the DSS made unsuccessful attempts to arrest him before President Tinubu took office.
The ex-parte suit, filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, before Justice John Tsoho, was however dismissed by the court.
DSS had averred, in the suit: FHC/ABJ/CS/2255/2022 that its preliminary investigation showed various acts of terrorism financing, fraudulent activities perpetrated by Emefiele and his involvement in economic crimes of national security dimension.
The plaintiff, the DSS, asked the court to grant an order for the arrest and detention of the CBN governor for 60 days, prefacing its prayers on Section 66 of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022.
But the judge ruled that the DSS provided no concrete evidence to back up its very grievous allegations and that, in any case, it did not require an order of court to arrest a suspect, if it have reasonable proof of wrongdoing.
