DSS seizes Emefiele’s passport, ready to search his home, office

The passport of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has been seized.

The Punch reported that the Department of State Services (DSS) confiscated Emefiele’s passport and may also search the embattled CBN governor’s home and office this week.

Following his suspension on Friday, June 9, as a result of the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector, the service arrested Emefiele in Lagos and flew him to Abuja in a private jet on Saturday, June 10.

The spokesperson for the service, Peter Afunanya, in a statement said Emefiele had been taken into custody and was under investigation.

However, The Cable source in the DSS on Sunday, June 11, said it was standard procedure for his travel document to be seized pending the conclusion of the ongoing investigation. The source added that the office and residence of the suspended apex bank governor would be searched.