The Department of State Services (DSS) has seized the passport of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to Punch.
Following his suspension on Friday, the DSS arrested Emefiele in Lagos and flew him to Abuja in a private jet on Saturday.
The spokesperson for the service, Peter Afunanya, in a statement said Emefiele had been taken into custody and was under investigation.
However, a source on Sunday 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.
The source said, “Of course, Emefiele’s travel document would be confiscated as part of the standard process pending the conclusion of our investigation. Also, as part of the investigation, his house and office would be searched for documents that can aid the ongoing investigation on his management of the CBN.”
Our correspondent had reported that other top directors of the CBN might also be invited or arrested for questioning over their roles in the administration of the apex bank.
It was learnt that the DSS might revisit the criminal charges it earlier filed against Emefiele which borders on terrorism financing and fraud.
The secret police similarly accused the suspended CBN box of mismanaging the CBN subsidiary, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending and the Anchor Borrowers Programme.