The Department of State services (DSS) has rearrested Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The operatives of the secret police took custody of Emefiele after a physical fight with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service.
The DSS operatives had face-off with prison officials over the custody of Emefiele.
The fight occurred in front of Nicholas Oweibo’s courtroom at the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Shortly after the brawl, the prison officials left the premises of the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Earlier on Tuesday, a federal high court in Lagos has granted bail to Emefiele in the sum of N20 million.
In a ruling , Nicholas Oweibo, the presiding judge, said the charges against Emefiele are bailable.
The bail was granted with one surety in like sum.
Earlier, Emefiele pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge bordering on alleged illegal possession of firearms.
The federal government had accused Emefiele of having in his possession, 123 rounds of live ammunition (cartridges) without a licence.