Court fixes date for Emefiele's arraignment

The State Security Service , which has been holding Mr Emefiele in custody since 10 June, had filed the charges on Thursday , the same day a judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja gave the agency aThe SSS had held Mr Emefiele for over a month without charges until the 13 July ruling

In the newly filed case, the agency accused Mr Emefiele of possessing a single-barrel shotgun without a licence, an offence said to be contrary to Section 4 of the Firearms Act, and punishable under Section 27 of the same Act. The agency also accused Mr Emefiele of mismanaging the CBN subsidiary, NISRAL, and the central bank’s Anchor Borrowers Programme.

Many Nigerians have expressed disappointment in the SSS over the nature of charges filed against Mr Emefiele after going to town with more egregious allegations against him. He noted that many Nigerians applauded Mr Emefiele’s suspension owing to the hahardship e naira redesign policy occasioned on them.

He held that the Nigerian constitution is rooted in the rule of law and presupposes that all actions must be done according to the law.He noted that since allegations against the suspended CBN governor were ordinarily bailable offences, the SSS should grant him administrative bail pending trial. “At this point, the continued detention of the applicant cannot be justified without any charge against him.“Consequently, I hereby make an order, directing the respondents to, within one week, charge the applicant to court or release him on administrative bail,” the court held.

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