Drama As DSS, Prison Officials Fight Over Emefiele’s Custody [VIDEO]

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigeria Correctional Centre (NCC) clashed at the premises of the Lagos High Court over the custody of Godwin Emefiele.

The secret police and prison officials clashed over the agency to take custody of the suspended and embattled apex bank chief after Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos admitted Emefiele to bail in the sum of the N20m.

The judge also ordered that Emefiele be remanded at the correctional centre pending the fulfilment of the bail conditions.

Shortly after the ruling, DSS operatives strategically positioned their Hilux Pick Up van used in bringing Emefiele to court, in a manner suggesting that they wanted to take him back to their detention centre.

This prompted Emefiele’s lead counsel, Joseph Daudu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and other lawyers to raise an alarm about their client’s planned re-arrest by the secret police.

After the court ruling, the suspended CBN governor holed up inside the courtroom with his lawyers.

However, when the prison officials moved to take Emefiele into custody pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions, the secret police challenged them and it led to a fight.

Watch the video as captured by Channels TV below:

There was a clash at the Federal High Court in Lagos as operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) tussled over who would take custody of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele.#CTVTweets pic.twitter.com/RCeYrvFdYv

— Channels Television (@channelstv) July 25, 2023

The tussle between the two agencies continued for several minutes before the DSS operatives eventually backed down and allowed the NCS to take custody of Emefiele.#CTVTweets pic.twitter.com/oFJGq5uqrP

— Channels Television (@channelstv) July 25, 2023