Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested Mr. Godwin Emefiele moments after President Bola Tinubu ordered his suspension as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
It was not clear why the embattled former apex banker was arrested, and there was no official statement from the secret police on the matter.
Following his suspension, Tinubu appointed Mr. Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as the acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in replacement for Emefiele.
The secret police had earlier made attempts to take in Emefiele save for the intervention of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The DSS has since gone to court to secure an order to effect Emefiele’s arrest for alleged terrorism financing offence.