Posted by The Department of State Services (DSS) has been urged by the Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) to disregard and immediately appeal the Federal High Court injunction and carry out its planned arrest of Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as soon as possible in the name of national security.
The forum states that a thorough inquiry is necessary into Mohammed Gudaji Kazaure’s charges of misuse and diversion of stamp duty revenues as well as other financial crimes. Financial crimes, like as the suspected diversion of public funds, conflict with President Buhari’s anti-corruption stance and must not be condoned by his appointee, regardless of position. While these investigations are ongoing, Emefiele cannot serve as the governor of the CBN. To avoid any interference or unwarranted influence, he must leave.
Comrade Abdulsalam Moh’d Kazeem, the forum’s spokesman, explained in a statement released on Friday in Kaduna that Mr. Godwin Emefiele should urgently be relieved of his duties as the governor of the top bank because his integrity has already been called into question. He also said that he should be promptly and appropriately investigated.
The forum stated that the CBN governor’s participation in partisan politics and the alleged fictitious investments he allegedly made in some Nigerian banks made him unfit to hold his current position because they violate the CBN Act and other applicable laws, and they suggested that he should be forced to answer for the accusations made against him in a court of law.
The forum urged the Director General of DSS to disregard Nigeria’s enemies and concentrate on the responsibilities outlined in the Constitution, arguing that national security is a serious concern and that Nigerians cannot afford for the nation to slide back into insecurity as a result of pointless diversions.
The statement said that stopping the seemingly continuous and senseless killings and attacks across the nation would require exposing the alleged sponsorship of terrorism by the CBN, led by Emefiele.
The statement continued, “As patriots who wish to always stand on the path of righteousness, we will not side with those calling for the DSS boss’s dismissal but rather request that he be given the freedom to carry out his duties without interference from anyone, particularly when it comes to the issue of national security and the general welfare of Nigerians. Those requesting information from the DG about Emefiele’s shady transactions should be aware that security is a tactical issue and that evidence cannot be made public in order to prevent criminals from being made aware of it and forcing them to destroy it.
According to the statement, the DSS, led by Director-General Yusuf Magaji Bichi, has successfully prevented a number of security breaches in the past through reliable intelligence gathering and sharing among sister security agencies. It also noted that the DSS has repeatedly called for calm even after the US warned its citizens in Nigeria that organized terrorist attacks would soon target the Federal Capital Te.
It claimed that, as was later shown with the jailbreak at the Kuje Maximum Security Prison, the DSS similarly gathered reliable intelligence and sent alerts and security observations about an approaching prison escape attempt. There was no reason to doubt the Service’s information about the activities of the CBN governor, so to speak.
The group further alleged that there are questions to ask regarding the CBN’s spending of 58.6 billion naira to print 2.5 billion naira notes at a time of financial difficulty.
“The cost of creating money cannot be more than nearly 500% of the value of the money. There is a problem that needs to be resolved. The whole idea of resigning and reprinting may have been a hoax to hoard and launder money without alerting Nigerians,” the forum further alleged.