Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a request filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking a 14-day extended detention order for the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
The DSS based its application, discreetly filed by the DSS’s legal team on Wednesday, on purported new evidence it had discovered.
Ruling, Justice Muazu dismissed the application, citing it as an abuse of court process and identifying the lack of jurisdiction, after which, given the exclusive rights of the Magistrate Court to grant detention orders under Sections 293 and 296 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the DSS’s counsel, Mr. Victor Ejelonu, opted to withdraw the matter.
