Emefiele: Respect Rule Of Law + NBA, CSOs Urge FG

Nigerian Bar Association, human rights activists, and civil society groups have called on the Federal Government to uphold the principles of the rule of law, fairness, and justice in the case against the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.

Sources  reveal that they criticised the Department of State Services for arresting and detaining Emefiele for nearly a month, arguing that the recent charge of gun and ammunition possession was politically motivated.

Emefiele was arrested at his Lagos residence on June 10, a day after being suspended from his position by President Bola Tinubu. Despite being detained on the order of an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court, the DSS charged him with a crime just hours after.

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Emefiele was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a single-barrel shotgun and ammunition without a license under the Firearms Laws of the Federation 2004. The Department of State Services claimed to have found the items during a search of Emefiele’s Ikoyi.

According multiple sources, the former President of the NBA, Joseph Daudu, urged the government to respect the decisions of the courts regarding Emefiele’s arrest and detention.

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He said: “I do not think that the President, Bola Tinubu, who is a newly minted President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will like to start his administration with the organisations under him.

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