Alleged Terrorism: Don't Arrest CBN Governor, Emefiele, Court Tells DSS

An application filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and detain the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has been declined.

It was declined by the Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, who, while refusing the motion ex-parte filed by an applicant in the absence of the respondent, held that the DSS did not provide any concrete evidence to substantiate its claims that Emefiele was involved in terrorism financing and economic crimes.

According to the judge, “In the light of the foregoing reasons, I decline to grant this application ex parte. If the applicant believes that the evidence available to it so far is sufficient, then it can as well arrest and detain the applicant, even without the order of the court. If, however, the applicant desires to still pursue this application, then it should place the respondent on notice considering the sensitive public office that he occupies."

The action by the DSS is coming after the recent controversial decisions of the CBN to redesign the 200, 500, and 1000 Naira notes, as part of the measure to reduce the quantity of cash outside its control, and discourage certain criminal activities such as kidnapping for ransom.

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