July 25 has been fixed for the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele to appear before the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court.
The embattled CBN boss, who has been in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, is billed to enter his plea before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, following allegations the Department of State Services, DSS, leveled against him.
Operatives of the security agency had on June 10, stormed Emefiele’s Ikoyi residence in Lagos on June 10, a day after he was suspended as the governor of the CBN by President Bola Tinubu.
He was arrested and had been remained in custody, with the DSS maintaining that his detention was based on the order of an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court.
The DSS, in the two-count charge marked: FHC/L/437/2023, accused Emefiele of unlawfully possessing one single barrel shot gun (Jojeff Magnum 8371) without licence, and thereby committed an offence under Section 4 of the Firearms Laws of the Federation 2004 and punishable under Section 27 (1) (b) (i) of the same act.
He was equally accused of having in his possession, 123 rounds of live ammunition (catridges) without licence.
The security agency told the court that the items were recovered when it searched Emefiele’s residence at No.3B Iru Close, Ikoyi, Lagos.
