Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has taken the Department of State Services (DSS) to the cleaners over the dramatic rearrest of the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
Fayose, taken to his Twitter page, wrote; “The DSS act of lawlessness at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos today, should be condemned by all lovers of democracy and rule of law in the country.”
“It is painful that the DSS is yet to come to terms with the fact that the President of Nigeria today, is a product of struggles for democracy and won’t superintend over any act of lawlessness.”
“The actions of the DSS today, is no doubt bringing a negative image to the government and I’m sure that President Tinubu will act swiftly to curb their excesses so that they don’t give his government a bad name just as they did to the immediate past government. This is a function of failed or power drunk leadership in the DSS. It’s time for the President to act.”
“No doubt, I am not a fan of Emefiele’s actions as CBN Governor which threw Nigerians into untold hardships with the politically motivated change of Naira notes.”
“However, it behoves on leaders of this country to speak out against acts capable of undermining democracy and rule of law.”
“Nigeria is under civil authority and security agencies, especially the DSS should be properly guided to purge themselves of this display of overzealousness.”
“The DSS men that participated in today’s show of shame should be promptly brought to book. More so that it happened within the sacred premises of the court.”
“Most importantly, restructuring of the Organization is imperative for a today Nigeria that is desirous of deepening democratic governance.”
For those who don’t know, the DSS on Tuesday July 25th, 2023 arraigned Emefiele on a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms.
However, the trial judge, Justice Nicolas Oweibo, granted Emefiele bail in the sum of N20 million and a surety in like sum.
The judge also signed a warrant for Emefiele’s remand at Ikoyi prison, Lagos pending when he perfects his bail.
But, event took a dramatic turn as the DSS operatives and the prison officials battle for Emefiele’s custody, despite the order by the court that he should be remanded in Ikoyi prison.
Sources squealed to us that the prison officials who attempted to take the suspended CBN Governor into custody were manhandled by the DSS operatives.
Sources added that moments later, the prison officials left the court, following the intervention of perhaps an order from above.
