The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has escalated its legal pursuit, filing a new 26-count charge against the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, alleging abuse of office and corruption.
Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8 on counts bordering on accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receipt of property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.
A copy of the charge sheet which was filed on April 3rd by the EFCC Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN.
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Count one of the charge reads “that you, GODWIN IFEANYI EMEFIELE between 2022 and 2023, in Lagos, directed to be done in abuse of the authority of your office, as the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, an arbitrary act, to wit: allocating foreign exchange in the aggregate sum of $2,136,391,737.33 (Two Billion, One Hundred and thirty-six million, three hundred and ninety-one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-seven Dollars, thirty-three cents) without bids, which act is prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.”
Earlier Credible News reported that President Bola Tinubu after receiving the report of Jim Obazee, the special investigator of the CBN and related entities, declared that the investigation had officially ended.
This was disclosed in a statement by the president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, who stated that Tinubu commended Obazee for his professionalism and dedication in handling the “complexities of this critical national assignment.”
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