Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has been charged by the Department of State Services with illegal possession of gun and ammunition.
In a two-count charge marked: FHC/L/437/2023, filed on July 13 at the Federal High Court in Lagos, by the DSS, Emefiele is to be subjected to trial for unlawful possession of one single barrel shot gun (Jojeff Magnum 8371) without licence, which constitutes an offence under Section 4 of the Firearms Laws of the Federation 2004 and punishable under Section 27 (1) (b) (i) of the same act.
The suspended CBN Governor is equally accused of having, in his possession, 123 rounds of live ammunition (catridges) without licence, which items were said to have been unlawfully kept at No.3B Iru Close, Ikoyi, Lagos “on or about the 15th June, 2023.”
Emefiele was arrested on June 10, 2023, a day after he was suspended by President Bola Tinubu, and he is still being held in the custody of the DSS.
A federal High Court Abuja had Thursday faulted his continued detention and ordered the DSS to charge him to court within a week or release him.
The DSS later disclosed in a statement on Thursday that Emefiele had been charged to Court.
