The Department of State Services, DSS, announced last night that it had charged suspended Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele with a crime and that he would appear in court shortly after a Federal High Court ordered the DSS to either arraign or release the top banker from its custody.

However, neither the specific allegations brought against Emefiele nor the court where the matter is currently pending were disclosed by the DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, in a statement he released on Thursday night.

Afunanya said: “Sequel to an Abuja High Court Order of today, 13th July, 2023, the Department of State Services (DSS) hereby confirms that Mr Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the Order.

“The public may recall that the Service had, in 2022, applied for a Court Order to detain him in respect of a criminal investigation.

“Though he obtained a restraining order from an FCT High Court, the Service, however, arrested him in June, 2023, on the strength of suspected fresh criminal infractions/information, one of which forms the basis for his current prosecution.

“The Service assures the public of professionalism, justice and fairness in handling this matter and indeed the discharge of its duties within the confines of the law,” the DSS said.