EFCC arrests Emefiele hours after freedom from DSS custody FEmefieleormer Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is currently being detained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The PUNCH reports that Emefiele, who is currently being interrogated at the National Headquarters of the anti-graft agency, Jabi, Abuja, was picked…
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The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N20 million with one surety in like sum by the Federal High Court in Lagos State. He was granted bail after pleading not guilty to the two counts bordering on the alleged illegal possession of…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition against suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, before the Federal High Court in Lagos. The FG, in the charge sheet seen by Channels Television’s judiciary correspondent, accused Emefiele of possessing a single-barrel shotgun (JOJEFF MAGNUM…
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Department of the State Security Service, DSS, to either release or charge to court the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Delivering the ruling in a fundamental human rights suit instituted against the DSS and others…
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Saturday confirmed the arrest of Mr Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. A statement by Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, said Emefiele ”is now in its custody for some investigative reasons”. further, the DSS warned that, ”The public, particularly…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, from office with immediate effect. This followed the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy, a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Federation, said on Friday. Mr Emefiele has been…
