A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olisa Agbakoba, has described confirmation by the Department of State Services, DSS, that the
suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele is in its custody as a ‘shock.’The DSS had earlier on Saturday confirmed that Emefiele wasReports of Emefiele’s arrest had emerged shortly after he was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on Friday.
Emefiele was suspended “sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy”, according to a release by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.Reacting to the developments, Agbakoba, in a statement on Saturday and forwarded to DAILY POST, also insisted that the suspension of Emefiele as the CBN Governor was not a surprise.
The statement read, “The suspension of the Governor of the CBN from office is not a surprise as his tenure was way beyond monetary policy.“The statutory role of DSS is internal security and I shudder to think what role DSS will play in this matter? The rule of law says it all can the relevant agency responsible for Governor Emefiele step forward, but this excludes the DSS unless this has security implications.
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