Some Nigerians have knocked the Federal Government and the Department of State Services (DSS) for rearresting the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Goodwin Emefiele after the court granted him bail.
The growing outrage following the violent clash between the officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and operatives of DSS, over the custody of Emefiele, at the premises of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted Emefiele to bail in the sum of N20 million.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the last election, Omoyele Sowore, who described DSS as “lawless” addressed the scene as “a show of shame”.
“When the DSS abducted me in court in front of an Abuja Federal High Court Judge in 2019.”
Sowore said the embattled Emefiele “sent a fellow to me that I haven’t seen anything yet. The fellow opened up to me that my plight was being managed and funded between Emefiele, Isa Funtua and @MBuhari’s Chief of staff, Abba Kyari. Today, the DSS is disgracing itself publicly as a lawless organisation.”
In his own reaction, the Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri urged the people in power to realise that life is like a wheel.
In his tweet on Tuesday, Omokri said, “On this Emefiele matter, I urge the powers that be to realise that life is like a wheel. The parts that are down today may be up tomorrow when the wheel spins. And the One Who spins the wheel is God. Let us be mindful of that. Mercy is a precious virtue in both Christianity and Islam.”
Also, a social commentary and Former Minister of Education of Nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili in a tweet on her official tweeter handle condemned the DSS Director General and the secret police for allegedly allowing the agency to be used by politicians.
“The DG of @OfficialDSSNG who without decorum publicly advertises that he is a close friend of @officialABAT , obviously thinks the average IQ of sensible Nigerians is as low as that of the politicians he has reduced that Agency of @NigeriaGov to serve.”
“Stop embarrassing yourselves and tell us the truth of the Emefiele matter jooo. Be guided.”
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