Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
It was learnt that EFCC operatives picked up Emefiele on Thursday night, barely one hour after he regained his freedom from the custody of the Department of State Services.
He is currently being grilled at the EFCC headquarters, Jabi, Abuja,
A reliable source disclosed that the EFCC is questioning Emefiele over alleged impropriety during his term as the CBN governor.
It was further learnt that the EFCC may file fresh charges against Emefiele.
EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, could not be reached for official confirmation when contacted correspondent on Friday.
Recall that Emefiele had been in DSS custody since June after President Bola Tinubu suspended him from office.
He was thereafter asked to hand over his responsibilities to Folashodun Shonubi, the then Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate at the apex bank.
A day after, the DSS announced that Emefiele was in its custody for ‘some investigative reasons’.
On July 25, he was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on “illegal possession” of firearms at a federal high court in Lagos and was granted bail in the sum of N20 million.
The two-count charge was later struck out on August 17 after the Federal Government withdrew the same.
But a fresh 20-count charge was instituted against him over an alleged conspiracy to carry out procurement fraud, among others.
His arraignment has been stalled twice. Emefiele was reported to have proposed a plea bargain agreement with the Federal Government.
The proposed agreement required Emefiele to resign as CBN governor and ‘disgorge’ some assets.
On September 22, the CBN officially confirmed Emefiele’s resignation after Olayemi Cardoso was appointed as substantive governor of the apex bank.