"He said I haven’t Seen Anything Yet": Presidential Candidate Reveals How Emefiele Allegedly Funded His Arrest

"He said I haven’t Seen Anything Yet": Presidential Candidate Reveals How Emefiele Allegedly Funded His Arrest

  • Omoyele Sowore has accused the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele of funding his arrest by the DSS in 2019
  • The AAC presidential candidate said he was abducted by the DSS officers at the Federal High Court in Abuja
  • He alleged that Emefiele sent a fellow to tell him that he hadn’t seen anything yet and that the fellow revealed those funding his arrest

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, has narrated how suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN)Godwin Emefiele allegedly funded his arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) in 2019.

Sowore said Emefiele sent someone to tell him that he hasn’t seen anything yet when the DSS officers abducted him in court in front of an Abuja Federal High Court Judge.

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"He said I haven’t Seen Anything Yet": Sowore says Emefiele allegedly funded his arrest by DSS in 2019.Photo Credits:@YeleSowore/@TheCableng
Source: Twitter

In a post on his Twitter page @YeleSowore, the AAC presidential candidate said the person also told him Emefiele, Isa Funtua and Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of staff, Abba Kyari were funding his ordeal.

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He wrote:

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“The lawless DSS again! What a show of shame? When the DSS abducted me in court in front an Abuja Federal High Court Judge in 2019. Then @cenbank Gov. @GodwinIEmefiele sent a fellow to me that I haven’t seen anything yet. The fellow opened up to me that my plight was being managed and funded between Emefiele, Isa Funtua and @MBuhari’s Chief of staff, Abba Kyari. Today, the DSS is disgracing itself publicly as a lawless organization.”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, July 25, re-arrested suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, after a tussle with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS).

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Emefiele’s re-arrest occurred after Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos admitted the embattled and suspended apex bank chief to bail in the sum of the N20m.

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Emefiele is in court over alleged illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

Source: Legit.ng

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.