By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday evening received in audience the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the State House, Abuja.
Prompt News reports that this is Emefiele’s second meeting with the President since he made an unannounced return to the country on January 12, 2022 amidst conflicting reports of the country’s secret police trailing his movements.
The CBN Governor on Thursday was part of a delegation of the Arab Bank for Economic Development led by its Director General, Dr. Sidi Ould Tah to visit President Buhari at State House, Abuja.
Emefiele who has been having a running battle with the Department of State Service (DSS) had left Nigeria for overseas trip following the investigation of several allegations against him, including corruption and terrorism financing.
In fact, weeks earlier, the DSS had sought a court order to arrest him. But the request was rejected by the Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Abuja.
The DSS asked the court to order the arrest of the CBN governor over alleged “acts of financing terrorism, fraudulent activities and economic crimes of national security dimension.”
On October 20, 2022, Justice Inyang Ekwo sitting in the Federal High Court in Abuja summoned Emefiele over the $53m judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refund just as the court ordered him to appear on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, as the hearing date.
However, Emefiele filed an appeal against the FHC ruling saying that Justice Ekwo erred in law and occasioned a miscarriage of justice when he made an order compelling his attendance in court for the $53 million debt.
Wednesday’s proceedings could not go on as planned when the matter was called, making the court to adjourn the case till March 20, 2023.
