Suspended CBN Governor, Emefiele Knows Fate Today Over Detention Order

By Halimah Olamide

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, will today (Thursday) rule over case of fundamental human rights suit he filed by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
He had challenged his detention by the Department of State Services.
NPO Reports that the DSS arrested the governor of the CBN shortly after President Bola Tinubu suspended him from office and ordered a probe of the CBN on June 10.
In the suit, filed through his lawyer, Joseph Daudu (SAN), Emefiele has alleged violation of his human rights.
Respondents in the suit are the Attorney General of the Federation; the Director General of the DSS and the DSS.
They have however filed preliminary objections, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the case and urging that the suit be dismissed.
DSS, through its counsel, I. Awo, had at the June 20 proceeding, told Justice Hamza Muazu that Emefiele’s detention was lawful as the DSS had got an order of an FCT Chief Magistrates’Court to keep him in custody pending conclusion of investigation.
The AGF, Tijjani Ghazali (SAN), argued that Emefiele’s arrest and detention by the DSS was an administrative decision of the executive arm of government and urged the court not to interfere.
However, Emefiele’s lawyer, Daudu, disagreed with them, insisting that the suit had merit. Justice Muazu is expected to rule today if his court had jurisdiction on the case or not.