The Department of State Services (DSS) announced Thursday evening that it has charged the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to court.
The development comes on the heel of an Abuja High Court directing it to charge Emefiele to court within one week, or release him.
The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, said Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the court order.
He, however, did not state the court where Emefiele was charged, and did not disclose the nature of the charge.
“The public may recall that the Service had, in 2022, applied for a Court Order to detain him in respect of a criminal investigation,” Afunanya said in a statement on Thursday evening.
“Though he (Emefiele) 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 secret police assured the public of professionalism, justice and fairness in handling Emefiele’s case.