After a scuffle with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), DSS agents re-arrested the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday.
Emefiele was re-arrested on the premises of a Federal High Court in Lagos sitting in Ikoyi after Justice Nicholas Oweibo granted bail in the sum of N20 million to the beleaguered and suspended apex bank president.
The judge also ordered Emefiele to be held at the penitentiary facility until the bail requirements were met.
Shortly after the ruling, DSS operatives deliberately positioned the Hilux Pick Up van used to transport Emefiele to court, implying that they intended to return him to their detention centre.
This prompted Emefiele’s lead counsel, Joseph Daudu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and other lawyers to warn of their client’s impending re-arrest by the secret police.
Following the court verdict, the suspended CBN governor barricaded himself inside the courtroom with his counsel.
When prison officials sought to take Emefiele into custody until the completion of his bail conditions, the secret police challenged them, resulting in a brawl.
To avoid a gun battle, Emefiele’s lawyers “reluctantly allowed the DSS to disobey the court order and take custody of their client” during the clash. The jail officials then drove away from the court, and the DSS took over.
At 3:03 p.m., DSS agents escorted the suspended CBN governor out of the courtroom and into their waiting vehicle.
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