DSS To Interrogate Top Central Bank Directors, Emefiele’s Special Adviser, Officials In Procurement Department

Nigerian secret police, the Department of State Services, will be interrogating other top directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its ongoing probe of its suspended governor, Godwin Emefiele.

According to the DSS, other officials lined up are also a Special Adviser to Emefiele, and senior personnel in the CBN Procurement Department, who would be quizzed in the coming week.

A source in the secret police stated, “One of those under the radar of the DSS is a special adviser to the CBN governor. He retired from the CBN in 2021 as a director but was retained by Emefiele as a special adviser. He is believed to have an inside knowledge of all the actions taken by Emefiele.

“Other subjects of interest are senior officials and directors in the procurement department. The fact is that many top directors will be invited or arrested for questioning in the weeks ahead.”

According to PUNCH, Emefiele, his aides and other top directors would be grilled on a number of issues relating to loans worth billions of naira given to farmers under the Fadama scheme, which were believed to have been marred by fraud; the controversial sale of Polaris Bank, which was also allegedly fraught with irregularities; alleged financing of the Indigenous People of Biafra by the suspended CBN boss, and other allegations bordering on forex fraud.

The CBN chiefs are also expected to answer tough questions on the apex bank’s fiscal policies, including the handling of the naira redesign policy, which led to the scarcity of naira notes and caused a nationwide economic crisis, resulting in riots, attacks on banks and death of some citizens.

“Their level of complicity will determine if they will retain their jobs or face prosecution at the end of investigation,” another source stated.

SaharaReporters had on Saturday reported that the DSS confirmed it had arrested Emefiele for investigative reasons. (SaharaReporters)