CDS Irabor Send Soldiers to Prevent Planned DSS Arrest of CBN Governor Emefiele | #IgbereTV
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor, on Monday deployed military personnel and intelligence officers to ensure the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, who returned to the country from the United Kingdom was not arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), IgbereTV has learnt.
According to information by SaharaReporters on Tuesday, gathered from top sources, Emefiele, who was under the DSS radar for several weeks following the investigation of several allegations against him, including corruption and terrorism financing, was shielded by the military personnel provided by the CDS office in Abuja.
IgbereTV on Monday reported that the CBN governor headed to his office with massive security, specifically military protection, following his return to the country.
“Apparently the Chief of Defence Staff was the one that aided Emefiele to defy the DSS upon arrival. Irabor deployed the military police and intelligence to ensure Emefiele was not arrested,” one of the sources revealed on Tuesday morning.
Sources at the CBN had told SaharaReporters that the security personnel that accompanied Emefiele to the bank were larger than that of Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari.
“Emefiele has returned to Nigeria. He went to the CBN with massive security. He was given military protection. His security is bigger than that of the President,” one of the sources had said in a terse message to SaharaReporters.
