Sahara Reporters
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, returned to Nigeria on Wednesday from the United States and is presently in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, but has kept himself away from public glare, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Emefiele who was part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s entourage to the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC had earlier been reported to be contemplating returning to Nigeria amid a plot by the Department of State Services (DSS) to pick him up for interrogation.
Buhari had last Sunday returned to Abuja from the summit held between December 13 and 15.
Multiple sources had told SaharaReporters that Emefiele was scheduled to return to the country on Wednesday.
He however told the CBN board on Wednesday that he would return to Abuja on Thursday.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, a top source informed SaharaReporters that Emefiele indeed returned on Wednesday and is currently in Abuja.
“Emefiele is in Abuja. He arrived (from the US) on Wednesday,” the source affirmed.
SaharaReporters earlier today reported that DSS operatives were reportedly on the lookout for the CBN governor after an order to arrest him on sight was given.
Two DSS officials familiar with Emefiele’s matter had confirmed that the domestic intelligence office of the DSS had deployed several officers to monitor the CBN Headquarters, Emefiele’s family residence in Lagos and the Abuja home of businessman Christopher Emefiele, unrelated by blood, according to People’s Gazette.
