The Department of State Services (DSS) has informed the Federal Capital Territory High Court that the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele will flee the country if granted bail.
Emefiele and his legal attorney are challenging his detention
on the premise of being unlawfully detained.
However, the Attorney General of the Federation AGOF, Tijani Gazal (SAN) prayed to the court to dismiss the suit noting that the argument of the embattled Emefiele was unfounded.
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In response, a counter affidavit was issued by the DSS and OAGF to deny the bail of Emefiele in his fundamental rights suit.
The argument of the DSS and OAGF stated that Emefiele was a “flight risk” and may flee the country if granted bail.
The OAGF affidavit read:
“Issues of terrorism financing and fraudulent activities are not part of the grounds for the arrest and detention of the applicant.
“The respondents have not violated the applicant’s right to live in any way, his life is not in danger. The respondents did not subject the applicant to any judicial adjudication to warrant the allegation of denial of a fair hearing.
“With the remand order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, the said violation of the applicant’s right to freedom of movement does not arise.”
The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu further set aside his ruling until Thursday, July 13.
The DSS had claimed that Emefiele was in detention to an order of a competent court.
The DSS said it arrested the ex-CBN governor based “on suspicion of committing acts which constitute a criminal breach of trust, incitement to violence, criminal misappropriation of public funds, economic sabotage, economic crimes of national security dimension and undermining the security of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
