How Chief Of Defence Staff, Irabor Meddled In DSS Investigation, Shielded Central Bank Governor, Emefiele From Arrest, Gifted Him Military Escorts

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor, on Monday deployed military personnel and intelligence officers to ensure the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, who returned to the country from the United Kingdom was not arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), SaharaReporters has learnt.

SaharaReporters on Tuesday gathered from top sources that Emefiele, who was under the DSS radar for several weeks following the investigation of several allegations against him, including corruption and terrorism financing, was shielded by the military personnel provided by the CDS office in Abuja.

“Apparently the Chief of Defence Staff was the one that aided Emefiele to defy the DSS upon arrival. Irabor deployed the military police and intelligence to ensure Emefiele was not arrested,” one of the sources revealed on Tuesday morning.

Sources at the CBN had told SaharaReporters that the security personnel that accompanied Emefiele to the bank were larger than that of Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari.