Buhari meets Emefiele at Villa

• Published date: 19 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The ongoing meeting is the second between the President and the CBN Governor on Thursday.

Earlier, Emefiele was part of the audience Buhari granted the Arab Bank for Economic Development team at the Villa.

Emefiele, who returned to the country on January 12 after his annual leave, had been in the eye of the storm over alleged corruption and involvement in terrorism financing, leading to series of attempts by security officials to arrest him.

Weeks earlier, the Department of State Service (DSS) sought a court order to arrest him but the request was rejected by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

The DSS asked the court to order the arrest of the CBN Governor over alleged 'acts of financing terrorism, fraudulent activities and economic crimes of...