Activist Omoyele Sowore, has called on the Department of State Security to arrest the Chief of Defense Staff General Lucky Irabor.
Sowore said Irabor was a major accomplice of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele.
Emefiele was arrested Friday evening after his suspension on the orders of President Bola Tinubu.
“Godwin Emefiele. In an ideal society, his main accomplice in the military, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor should be arrested and tried with Emefiele. Of course not leaving out former President Buhari as well,” Sowore tweeted
President Bola Tinubu had on Friday suspended Emefiele.
The suspension was announced in a statement released from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation which was signed by the Director of Information, Willie Bassey.
According to the statement, the suspension was with immediate effect.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate effect.
“This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy.
“Mr. Emefiele has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate), who will act as the Central Bank Governor pending the conclusion of the investigation and the reforms,” the statement read