By our correspondent
A Socio-cultural Group, operating under the aegis of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum has raised alarm over the refusal of the Department of State Services, DSS to arraign suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele days after filing pump action possession charge against him.
It would be recalled that a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja had last week ordered the Department of State Services, DSS to immediately release Emefiele, from detention.
The presiding Judge, Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order after hearing the arguments of all parties in the matter.
Justice Hamza Muazu in his ruling observed that detention no matter how short is a breach of fundamental rights but it must be determined whether detention is legal or illegal and gave the respondent one week to charge the applicant to court or release him.
Same day, the secret police charged Emefiele to court on trumped up charges of registered weapon possession.
Reacting, Arewa Youths in a statement signed by its convener, Kabiru Yusuf, wondered why the DSS is still delaying arraignment of the embattled suspended CBN Governor.
Yusuf lamented that the secret police is delaying as a ploy to keep him in custody rather than obey court order.
They insisted that the DSS has nothing against Emefiele, hence they are not forthcoming with the arraignment, adding that Emefieles only crime was initiating several good policies that have been beneficial to Nigerians.
The group tasked the DSS to either obey and respect the rule of law by releasing Emefiele or arraign him immediately to let Nigerians know what crime he committed, other than their “baseless trumped charges.”
