The Department of State Services (DSS) says it will carry out an investigation into the scuffle between its officials and those of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, two days ago.
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was arraigned at the court on charges of the illegal possession of firearms.
The trial judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, had him granted bail to the sum of N20 million and ordered that he be remanded at the correctional centre, pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.
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However, DSS operatives insisted on taking him into their custody, which led to the scuffle where its officials manhandled a member of the NCoS at the court premises.
In a statement on Wednesday, Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, described the incident as “unfortunate” and insisted that “it did not reflect the professional disposition of the service”.
Mr Afunanya asserted that the DSS had not broken any laws in handling the Emefiele case, and appealed to Nigerians to support the service in achieving the desired security goals for the nation.
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