DSS interrogates, arrests CBN deputy governor

Kingsley Obiora, a deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is reportedly being held by agents from the Department of State Services.

The CBN deputy governor has reportedly spent four nights in the DSS’s detention, according to Peoples Gazette.

According to the source, the DSS was questioning Obiora in relation to claims of financial mismanagement under the direction of the CBN Governor who has since been suspended, Godwin Emefiele.

Emefiele was placed on administrative leave by President Bola Tinubu on June 9 as a result of a probe into the operations of the apex bank.

“This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy,” a statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said.

Emefiele was taken into custody by the DSS the next day even though the court had granted him bail.

Abdul Isa, a spokesperson for the CBN, and Peter Afunanya, a spokesperson for the DSS, did not answer many calls left on their lines, and neither had returned messages regarding the situation.