A High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a request filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking to extend a detention order on Mr.Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria by 14 days.
The DSS is said to have claimed in the application that it had unearthed fresh evidence against Emefiele.
High Court Justice Muazu dismissed the application on the grounds of abuse of court process and the lack of jurisdiction.
Reminded by the presiding judge about the exclusive rights of the Magistrate Court to grant detention orders under Sections 293 and 296 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the DSS’s counsel, Mr. Victor Ejelonu, withdrew the matter.
The application followed Mr. Emefiele’s re-arrest by the DSS from the Federal High Court premises in Lagos after his remand in a Correctional Centre while awaiting the fulfilment of his bail conditions granted by Justice Nicholas Oweibo.
