A high Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Garki has issued an order restraining the State Security Service (SSS) and its agents from taking steps to arrest, detain or restrict the movement of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, over allegations linking him with terrorism financing and fraudulent activities.
Justice M. A. Hassan issued the order yesterday while ruling on a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Forum for Accountability and Good Leadership.
The judge averred that in view of the ruling of the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, delivered on December 15, 2022 in a case brought by the SSS against Emefiele, “any continuous harassment, intimidation, threats, restriction, and free movement, abuse of right of office, surreptitious moves to arrest, and humiliation of Mr. Godwin Emefiele over trumped-up allegations of terrorism financing and fraudulent practices, among others, by the fourth respondents (SSS) and its offices is vindictive, unwarranted, abrasive, oppressive, and same constitute a flagrant breach of his rights to personal liberty, dignity and human person, are illegal and unconstitutional”.