On Tuesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) criticized the lawyers who lodged contempt charges against DSS Director-General Yusuf Bichi for holding the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, in custody.
The DSS referred to these lawyers as “charge and bail lawyers” in a series of tweets from its official account.
Furthermore, the DSS stated that the legal team was led by an “overzealous and uninformed lawyer affiliated with IPOB/ESN.”
The service said, “Charge and bail, overzealous uninformed IPOB/ESN lawyer Maxwell Okpara mobilises other like-minded lawyers against DGSS. Futile Efforts. Well, Nigerians, beware! This is in bad faith. Transferred aggression.
“A Biafran Republic agitator and Outlawed IPOB counsel defending the suspended CBN Governor. Is IPOB defending one of theirs?
“What a contradiction. what’s the connection? Is someone telling us something? May Maxwell be properly educated on points of law, please.”
According to reports, some lawyers filed a contempt charge against Bichi over alleged disobedience to multiple judgments and orders of the court directing the release of Emefiele from the custody of the agency.
The lawyers were led by Maxwell Okpara, one of the counsels to Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
