Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the country’s Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
This was revealed Friday night in a statement by Willie Bassey, Director of Information at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The CBN Governor’s suspension is a sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the economy’s financial sector, the statement said.
Mr. Emefiele was then directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate), who will act as the Central Bank Governor pending the conclusion of the investigation and the reforms.
Following the suspension, the Department of State Services (DSS) confirmed that Godwin Emefiele is in its custody.
The service stated in a statement on Saturday signed by Peter Afunanya, its Public Relations Officer that Emefiele is with them “for some investigative reasons”.
He also warned Nigerians and the media “to apply utmost caution in the reportage and narratives concerning this”. This is after a terse statement the same Saturday that had said, “Currently, Emefiele is not with the DSS”.