The international passport of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has been confiscated by the Department of State Services (DSS)
Recall that Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, a day after he was suspended by President Bola Tinubu.
Emefiele has sought and secured the order of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which directed the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, to allow him access to his lawyers and family members, Friday.
The former CBN governor is undergoing interrogation at the DSS headquarters in Abuja for alleged terrorism financing, economic sabotage, mismanagement of forex and the naira redesign policy, among others.
There are reports that Emefiele’s passport has been confiscated, while his home and office may be searched by operatives during the week, sources revealed.
“The suspended CBN governor is yet to be arraigned by the service as he’s still detained and being interrogated. It’s not certain whether or not he’d be arraigned this week,” a source had told The PUNCH earlier in the week.
Another source stated, “If the service had wanted to hurriedly charged him to court, it wouldn’t have arrested him during the weekend and he would have been arraigned since Tuesday,”
Following Emefiele’s suspension as a result of the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector, the DSS arrested him in Lagos and flew him to Abuja in a private jet last Saturday.
Afunanya had confirmed in a statement that Emefiele was taken into custody and was under investigation.
However, a source in the DSS said that it was standard procedure for his travel document to be seized pending the conclusion of the ongoing investigation.
The source added that the office and residence of the suspended apex bank governor would be searched.
