THE GUARDIAN
Department of State Services (DSS) has remained silent over the alleged arrest of former aviation minister, Hadi Sirika.
Messages sent to DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, on veracity of the arrest were not acknowledged.
Sirika was said to have arrived in a Range Rover SUV at DSS headquarters in Abuja for questioning and was grilled for several hours.He reportedly landed in the agency’s net over the recent controversial launch of Nigeria Air.
Acting Managing Director of Nigeria Air, Captain Dapo Olumide, had, later, revealed that the plane unveiled as Nigeria Air was a chartered aircraft from Ethiopian Airlines.
The launch was widely viewed as a scam. The plane that was unveiled was said to be over 10 years old and had been previously operated by Ethiopian and Malawi Airlines.
Meanwhile, continued detention of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by DSS suffered a setback, yesterday, as a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama struck out an application to hold him for another 14 days.
The application followed the re-arrest of Emefiele at the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos after Justice Nicholas Oweibo had ordered that he be remanded in a correctional centre, pending the perfection of his bail.
A court, a fortnight ago, had ordered that Emefiele, who had been in DSS custody for more than six weeks, should be released or charged to court within one week…
