60 Lawyers storms court to seek the imprisonment of the SSS boss for defying court orders directing Mr Godwin Emefiele’s release from incarceration.
Some attorneys have filed a contempt suit against Yusuf Bichi, Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), for the continuing imprisonment of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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The 60 Lawyers based the claim on the alleged disobedience of repeated court orders requiring Mr Emefiele’s release.
The lawyers, led by Maxwell Opara and Ahmed Tijani, requested that Mr Bichi be imprisoned for contempt of the court.
The lawyers asked the court to issue Forms 48 and 49, which are used to initiate proceedings to commit a contemnor to prison.
According to the lawyers, the DG of SSS should have released Mr Emefiele from prison based on the decisions and orders of FCT High Court judges M. A. Hassan, Hamza Muazu, and Bello Kawu.
The lawyers argued in an affidavit supporting the application that Mr Hassan barred SSS and other respondents from arresting, detaining, or interrogating Mr Emefiele.
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This was in relation to offences involving terrorism financing, money laundering, round tripping, and financial crimes involving national security.
They further testified that, despite the court’s explicit and unambiguous orders, the SSS went ahead and arrested Mr Emefiele for over a month, whilst searching for evidence which did not exist.
