An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, today, Thursday, July 13, 2023, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from detention or charge him to court within seven days.

The judgement of the court was delivered by Justice Hamza Muazu, who held that “Emefiele’s continued detention without trial, amounted to a gross violation of his fundamental human rights.”

The court ruled: “At this point, the continued detention of the Applicant cannot be justified in the absence of any charge against him.

“At the very least, justice demands that Applicant should be released on administrative bail.

“Consequently, I hereby make an order, directing the Respondents to within one week, charge the Applicant to court or release him on administrative bail.”

NewsOrient Network reports that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Emefiele, had filed the fundamental rights enforcement suit against Nigeria’s secret police, DSS, through his team of lawyers led by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN.