Tag: Godwin Emefiele

Emefiele moves to stop DSS from further prosecution

Aminu Imam

Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has moved to block the Federal Government from prosecuting him on the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition or any other offence. He is also asking the court to release him from all charges brought by the government because he’s in “brazen disobedience” of the court’s existing orders giving him bail on July 25, 2023. Additionally, Emefiele requested a second order banning the Federal Government from receiving any sort of indulgence from the courts unless it…

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Emefiele’s Arraignment: DSS to investigate altercation with prison officials

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it will investigate the confrontation between its representatives and those of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on July 25 at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi. The DSS has further begun thorough investigations into the situation, according to a statement released on Wednesday by Peter Afunanya, the agency’s spokesperson. The custody of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has previously been the subject of a reported confrontation between DSS agents and jail guards. The fight…

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DSS re-arrests Emefiele at court, as Correctional Centre withdraws

Aminu Imam

The suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been re-arrested by agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigerian Correctional Services (Prisons) in Lagos. Emefiele was taken into custody by the DSS shortly after its agents violently repelled agents from the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) who attempted to remove Emefiele in accordance with Justice Nicholas Oweibo’s order. Recall that Emefiele was charged with two counts of possessing a firearm without a licence when the federal government brought him to court. He entered…

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Emefiele: Lawyers, HURIWA berate DSS’ battle with warders

Aminu Imam

Human Rights Lawyers, under the aegis of Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (LIDD) have berated the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over the alleged assault on judiciary, lawyers, prison officials, and media by DSS operatives in a bid to stop prison officials from carrying out their job of taking the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, into custody as ordered by Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday. The lawyers also condemned the rearrest of Emefiele by the operatives of the secret police after engaging in a…

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DSS to arraign former CBN Governor Emefiele in court on Tuesday

Aminu Imam

The Lagos division of the Federal High Court has fixed Tuesday, July 25, 2023, for the arraignment of suspended former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Recall that Emefiele is facing two counts of possession of a pump-action rifle and 123 rounds of live cartridges. The charges were filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) on July 13, 2023. Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on June 10, 2023, after he was suspended by President Bola Tinubu. He has since then been in the custody of the DSS.…

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DSS/Emefiele: Arewa Lawyers kick over detention of Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos

Aminu Imam

…Urges Tinubu to intervene Legal Practitioners, under the aegis of Arewa Human Rights Lawyers and Justice Centre, have condemned the arrest and detention of a popular pro-Tinubu supporter and Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos, Alhaji Aminu Yaro Dogara, by Department of State Services, (DSS). The group claimed the traditional title holder was arrested and being detained to allegedly implicate the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The Lawyers, therefore, called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, to…

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Overzealous IPOB’s lawyer defending Emefiele – DSS

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday said an overzealous and uninformed IPOB/ESN lawyer, Maxwell Okpara and other like-minded lawyers are the ones defending suspended CBN’s governor, Godwin Emefiele in court against its Director-General. Recall that sixty legal practitioners had on Monday approached the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to begin committal proceedings against the Service. The lawyers said the suit was hinged on what they described as violation of multiple judgments and orders of court directing the agency to release the former CBN governor. However, the…

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DSS/Emefiele: “Fake news alert on Sarkin Hausawan Lagos”- CSO

Aminu Imam

A Civil Society Group, Good Governance Initiative, has described as ‘very wicked’ and ‘satanic’ the news flying around stating that the Department of State Services (DSS) found the sum of N407billion in three accounts belonging to the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos and the Chairman of the Arewa Council of Chiefs, Aminu Yaro, and another spurious lies that the sum of N100billion was found in the wife’s account.  Recall that according to reports, the Sarkin Hausawa has been held by the DSS incommunicado for the last few days following what initially…

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After ignoring Ex Ogun Gov. Amosun’s 1,000 AK-47 rifles, four million bullets, SSS charges Emefiele over one handgun found in Lagos home

Aminu Imam

A July 13 information accused the former CBN chief of owning an unlicensed gun and bullets in violation of the 2004 Firearms Act. Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has been slammed with two counts of illegal possession of a firearm, as the Tinubu administration continues to find ways to nail the former central bank chief after multiple courts found him unanswerable to previously filed charges of terrorism and corruption. Federal authorities said they found an unlicensed shotgun that operates on a magnum cartridge, apparently the 44…

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Emefiele: “There’s no intention to interfere with DSS investigation” – Ohanaeze

Aminu Imam

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says it has no intention to interfere with the investigation of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele by the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, suspended Emefiele and ordered that the apex bank’s Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate, Folashodun Shonubi takes charge in an acting capacity. Following his suspension, the DSS, on Saturday disclosed that it has taken Emefiele into custody for “some investigative reasons”. With reactions to Emefiele’s arrest coming from different…

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