The Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday said the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has had access to his family and doctors since he was taken in a week ago.
On Friday, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the secret police to allow Emefiele have access to his family and lawyers.
Reacting to the court order, DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya said in a statement: “It is instructive to state that the Service had granted the family of Emefiele, medical officials, and appropriate persons access to him, right from the day he was taken in and long before the court order requesting so.
“The Service implements Standard Operating Procedures on Suspect Handling and Investigation to the latter. It conducts its affairs transparently, and professionally and respects the rule of law in compliance with democratic governance.”
The DSS also warned about what it described as a campaign of calumny against the Federal Government over Emefiele’s arrest.
“The Department of State Services (DSS) has identified persons and groups planning to stage campaigns of calumny against it and the Government over the suspension and investigation of Mr Godwin Emefiele.
“Such groups intend to gather at different points in Abuja and Lagos in the coming week with placards depicting the Service and Government in a bad light as well as calling for the immediate release of Emefiele. The Service is, therefore, aware of a cheap propaganda aimed at demotivating and distracting it from professionally executing the onerous responsibilities assigned to it,” the statement said.
