State Security Service handovers Emefiele to crimes commission
The State Security Service (SSS) has transferred custody of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Penpushing reports that it is recalled that Emefiele was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) on June 10,2023 in his home in Lagos, twenty-four hours after President Bola Tinubu suspended him from office.
The transfer of the embattled former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) after being held over four of months by the State Security Service (SSS) over corruption allegations was said to have been effected on Thursday
Penpushing further reports that sources disclosed that shortly after his transfer by the State Security Service (SSS) to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), he (Emefiele) has been facing interrogation
The State Security Service (SSS), for over months of being in their custody, did not disclose the offences it was investigating him for, and in July, the agency arraigned him on two counts of illegal possession of firearms and live ammunition at the Federal High Court, Lagos.
Penpushing also reports that it is recalled that the State Security Service (SSS) after arraigning him on the two charges on 25 July, 2023, however, withdrew the charges, and based on investigations by the secret police, the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, again, charged him with N6.9 billion corruption charges at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja in August.
The arraignment was, however, rescheduled on different occasions, a development that triggered speculations that the former apex bank boss was in plea bargain talks with the government over the charges filed against him.
Penpushing reports that the Attorney General of the Federation Lateef Fagbemi, earlier in the month, however, denied signing any plea agreement with the troubled former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
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