Kingsley Obiora, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in charge of Economic Policy, has been released by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Obiora, who had been with the team of investigators since Wednesday, August 30, was later released because to allegations of financial mismanagement by the CBN governor who has since been suspended, Godwin Emefiele, according to Daily Trust.
Obiora may have been approached by the Special Investigations Panel, which President Bola Tinubu established to look into the tenure of Emefiele, to be questioned as part of an effort to get him to testify.
The Jim Obazee-led special panel has been interrogating the CBN deputy governors and other top executives as part of an ongoing audit.
The source said:
“Let us be clear. No one is accusing Dr. Obiora of fraud or theft. Dr Obiora, like other deputy governors, had been questioned severally by the panel before his detention.”