Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has declined an application by the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and detain Godwin Emefiele, ...

The group also accused the DSS of not informing President Muhammadu Buhari of the investigative report showing them that Emefiele is a terrorist and faulted the agency for allowing him to travel out of the country with the President and have unrestricted access to him. The group under the auspices of Coalition of National Interest Defenders alleged that to achieve the aim of getting Emefiele arrested, the DSS secretly instituted a court action against him at the Federal High Court in Abuja. It therefore seems that the Applicant intends to use the court, as a cover for an irregular procedure, which is unacceptable. Essentially, our correspondent gathered that since announcement of the naira redesign policies, the DSS has been making enquiries from the apex bank, which the regulatory authority felt was impugning its independence as the Service kept on inviting central bank officials over the process, currency printing and minting, among others. If it is, then he is unarguably a high ranking public official in Nigeria and indeed occupies a sensitive position as one of the key drivers of the nation’s economy. “This is not the situation here, as Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor was shown on television, even last (Sunday) night, having audience with the President of Nigeria.

The judge criticised the SSS for attempting to use the court as a cover for an irregular move to arrest the CBN governor Emefiele.

“Given not to join issues, the Service warns those on a wild goose chase to be mindful of their actions. “While professionally discharging its mandate, the DSS pledges to remain focused and unbiased. If it is, then he is unarguably a high-ranking public official in Nigeria and indeed occupies a sensitive position as one of the key drivers of the nation’s economy. Good journalism costs a lot of money. Similarly, it urges members of the public to disregard the vituperations and rantings of misguided elements and not allow themselves to be used as instruments of destabilisation. “It will also not give room to the use of falsehood and deceit to misdirect public understanding and perceptions of issues of national importance. Mr Afunanya said SSS had the duty to investigate “matters of national security dimension” and had “always discharged this responsibility in the overall interest of Nigerian citizens”. Challenging the veracity of the secret service’s claims, the group said if truly the SSS had concrete issues, it would not have allowed Mr Emefiele to travel with Mr Buhari to the United States. “It is left to speculation if the ‘Godwin Emefiele’ is the same person as the serving Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. With or without a court order, the judge said SSS had the power to arrest Mr Emefiele based on reasonable suspicion, but that the agency’s lack of concrete evidence must have driven it to seek the court’s arrest warrant to serve as a cover for an irregular procedure. The Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out a request by the State Security Services (SSS) to order the arrest of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), But the judge, John Tsoho, who is the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, in a ruling on 9 December, rejected the application on the grounds that the secret police failed to provide sufficient evidence to warrant the issuance of an arrest warrant against Mr Emefiele.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila says the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emiefele would not be ...

What we should be looking at is to see weather he will bridge the resolution of the House” said Elumelu. Ruling on the issue, the Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila stated that the House would verify what had kept the CBN Governor abroad for two weeks, that the Governor of the Apex bank could send his deputy in a situation he could not appear in person. The lawmaker commended the House for inviting the Governor and advised that the Central Bank Governor should be made to understand that the House would not tolerate further excuses.

A coalition of national interest defenders comprising lawyers and rights movements has condemned the secret move to tag Godwin Emefiele...

We are still in awe why the head of a security agency like the State Security Service would be against a policy that will help to fight banditry, kidnapping, terrorism, bribery and corruption, money laundering, vote buying, and other economic crimes,” he said. “It must be stated clearly that the entire purpose of this dastardly plot was for political and financial benefit. “The State Security Service made grave allegations including Terrorism Financing against the Central Bank Governor and other allegations we were informed were termed as economic crimes of national security dimension. That the State Security Service, an agency of Federal Government secretly approached the Federal High Court Abuja, and filed an exparte application against Mr. President can send their people to rush to the Federal High Court to get their copies and see this evil with their own eyes, the suit number is FHC/ABJ/CS/2255/2022. Emefiele for a minimum of 60 days hiding under section 66 of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022.

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has again failed to honour the summons by the House of Representatives to clarify issues.

“What is important is that this House gets a full proper briefing and I think it behoves the CBN governor in accordance with the law to brief this House. I would love to know what that official assignment is at this critical time in Nigeria that will keep him away for two weeks”, Gbajabiamila said. “At this point, we will be requesting to find out what that official assignment is that keeps the CBN governor away for almost two weeks.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, failed to appear before the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

However, the CBN wrote the House again to say Emefiele was still on official assignment. The Deputy Governor of Corporate Services, CBN, Edward Adamu, in a communication to the House, told the lawmakers that Emefiele was part of the entourage of President Muhammadu Buhari, on an official trip to the United States. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, failed to appear before the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has revealed that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emiefele would ...

The Governor regrets this and will contact the House of Representatives as soon as he returns to the country from his official assignment” the letter read. “Regrettably the Governor is unavailable to brief the House of Representatives at this time because he has other prescheduled official engagements he is currently addressing abroad. Femi Gbajabiamila has revealed that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr.