Terrorism Sponsorship : Lawyers, CSOs Uncover plot to implicate Emefiele

Terrorism Sponsorship : Lawyers, CSOs Uncover plot to implicate Emefiele

Human rights lawyers and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have alleged that the Department of State Service (DSS) is plotting to frame the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on terrorism sponsorship against Nigeria.

The DSS, according to the Coalition of National Interest Defenders, has secretly instituted an action against Emefiele at the Federal High Court in Abuja to get him arrested.

The group demanded the immediate dismissal of the Director General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, to prevent him from igniting a fire that would destroy the country.

Addressing a joint press conference, yesterday, in Abuja, Convener of the Coalition, Tochukwu Ohazuruike, said the security agency filed a motion in court accusing the CBN governor of terrorism financing and others it described as economic crimes of national security dimension.

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When contacted by The Guardian, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, did not comment on the matter.

The group further accused the state service of not informing President Muhammadu Buhari of the investigative report, which showed them that Emefiele was a terrorist. It faulted the agency for allowing Emefiele to travel out of the country with the President and having unrestricted access to the President.

Challenging the veracity of the claims of the DSS, the coalition said if truly the DG of DSS believed his claims, he would not have allowed Emefiele anywhere near the President.

He added that allowing the CBN governor travel with the President showed that the DG did not believe Emefiele was a security threat, which meant that the claims of the DSS in Suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/2255/2022 between the service and Emefiele was to forcefully and wrongfully remove him as CBN governor.

He said: “Sometime within the first week of this month, we intercepted credible intelligence about a plot at certain high places in government to stop Emefiele, by all means, and his policy to redesign the naira with its January 31, 2023 deadline and to stop the cash withdrawal limit policy of the bank.”