The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Tuesday pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge preferred against him by the Department of State Services (DSS).
TheHintsNews reports Emefiele was arrested at his Lagos residence, barely 24 hours after he was suspended from office by President Bola Tinubu.
He had since then remained in custody as the DSS maintained that his detention was based on the order of an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court.
However, Emefiele, who has been in detention since June 10, was docked before the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court.
In the case marked FHC/L/437/2023, the former CBN Governor was accused of unlawfully possessing one single barrel short gun (Jojeff Magnum 8371) without license and committed an offence under Section 4 of the Firearms Laws of the Federation 2004 and punishable under Section 27 (1) (b) (i) of the same act.
The embattled suspended CBN governor was equally accused of having in his possession 123 rounds of live ammunition (cartridges) without licence.
The security agency told the court that the items were recovered when it searched Emefiele’s residence at No.3B Iru Close, Ikoyi, Lagos.
