The Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday, confirmed that Mr Godwin Emefiele have been charged to court.
This came few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to either arraign or release the suspended Central Bank Governor.
The Agency Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who gave the information in a statement on Thursday night, said the service had in 2022 applied for a court order to detain Emefiele but noted that he got another order stopping the DSS from arresting him.
The statement read: “Sequel to an Abuja High Court Order of today, 13th July, 2023, the Department of State Services (DSS) hereby confirms that Mr Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the Order.
“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,” the DSS said.
