DSS Confirms Emefiele’s Arrest Agbakoba, Ozekhome, LP, Ohanaeze, others condemn action Kingsley Nwezeh, Sunday Aborisade, Gabriel Emameh in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Condemnations
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yesterday’s arrest of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services (DSS), despite a subsisting court order issued in December 2022 by a High
Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) barring his arrest. Following the suspension of Emefiele on Friday by President Bola Tinubu, the DSS yesterday took him into custody.
Reacting to the arrest, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), expressed deep shock at the arrest, stressing that the job of the DSS is to ensure internal security.
“The suspension of the Governor of the CBN from office is not a surprise as his action was way beyond monetary policy. But confirmation by DSS that Governor Emefiele is in its custody comes as
a shock. The statutory role of DSS is internal security and I shudder to think what role DSS will play in this matter. The rule of law says it all- can Continued on page 5
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10th N’Assembly: Shettima Urges Senators-elect to Shun Vote Buying PDP warns against intimidation of lawmakers Chuks Okocha and Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday advised incoming members of the 10th Senate to shun vote buying in the election
of presiding officers slated for Tuesday in the interest of the country. He spoke at the valedictory session organised for all lawmakers who were elected into the ninth Senate.
The inauguration of the 10th National Assembly has been slated for Tuesday, June 13. Shettima and other members of the ninth Senate were invited to take part in the session. The vice president urged his
colleagues, who would take part in the voting next Tuesday, in the election of presiding officers, to carry out their civic responsibility, according to their conscience. He said: "To my incoming colleagues, I will leave you with
a paradox. The stability of this nation is superior to the stability of our pockets. On Tuesday, let us vote wisely. Let us vote for the Nigerian nation." "To my colleagues, who will depart from this chamber, I address
you not as colleagues left behind, but as experienced lawmakers who have become an integral part of my history. "We have shared many things Continued on page 5
Tinubu's Policy Advisory Council Proposes Sale of NNPC's Stakes in Oil and Gas Assets Targets $17.4bn Seeks merger of NUPRC, NMDPRA, NCDMB Peter Uzoho President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Policy Advisory Council has proposed the sale of the major stakes of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. THISDAY gathered from the Policy Advisory Council Report dated May 2023, that the federal government will earn about $17 billion from the sale of the NNPC's majority stakes in the oil and gas assets. According to the submissions from the Energy and Natural Resources sub-committees of the advisory council, Tinubu’s administration should consolidate the regulatory agencies by merging the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) under a single regulator. Continued on page 5
VALEDICTORY SESSION… L-R: Former Senate Chief Whip, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu; Vice President Kashim Shettima; Outgone Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan; Outgone Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie OmoAgege; and First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, after the valedictory session organised for members of the ninth Senate in Abuja…yesterday
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