The lead counsel for the embattled and suspended CBN chief, Joseph Daudu, made this known after the court’s ruling on Tuesday.
The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, may be re-arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) despite the N20million bail granted him by a Federal High Court in Lagos State, his lawyers have cried out.
The lead counsel for the embattled and suspended CBN chief, Joseph Daudu, made this known after the court’s ruling on Tuesday.
Daudu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and other lawyers as well as the suspended CBN governor are still holed up inside the courtroom over the suspicion of re-arrest by the DSS as of press time.
Outside the court, a group of concerned lawyers also addressed journalists on the issue, expressing their concerns over the plan by the secret police.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the court granted Emefiele bail in the sum of N20 million.
In a ruling on Tuesday, Nicholas Oweibo, the presiding judge, said the charges against Emefiele were bailable.
The bail was granted with one surety.
SaharaReporters also reported that the court rejected the government’s claim that it had not received a copy of the bail application filed by Emefiele in his alleged gun possession trial.
Justice Oweibo had held that there was evidence that the government was served.
The bail application was filed by Emefiele’s lawyers led by Joseph Dauda, SAN.
Dauda had prayed the court to hear the banker’s application seeking bail on self-recognition, noting that his client had fulfilled all the conditions necessary to make the application ripe for hearing.
He noted further that the proof of service endorsed by the AGF’s office was in the court’s file.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the suspended governor pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge filed against him in court by the Department of State Services (DSS).
It had also been reported that the DSS arraigned Emefiele in court.
The DSS operatives arrived at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, around 9.20am on Tuesday with Emefiele.