Again, EFCC drags Emefiele to court for accepting gifts

Admin I Saturday, April 06, 2024

 

IKEJA, Lagos –  Former Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele is due for arraignment on Monday April 8, 2024 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court for alleged abuse of office.

Emefiele will be arraigned alongside one Henry Omoile on a 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office, accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, and fraudulent property receipt.

The former CBN Governor was also alleged to have conferred corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.

The charge sheet, marked ID/23787c/2024, was dated April 3 and was filed by Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN).

One of the counts stated that Emefiele allegedly committed abuse of office between 2022 and 2023, in Lagos, an offence punishable under Section 73 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

Another count alleged that Emefiele 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 $2.2 billion without bids, which act is prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.

Another count also alleged that Emefiele abused the authority of his office by allocating foreign exchange in the aggregate sum of $291 million without bids, which act was prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.

Emefiele’s co-defendant was also alleged to have acted as an agent and accepted from Raja Punjab through Monday Osazuwa, the total sum of $110,000, for Emefiele  as reward for allocating foreign exchange by the Central Bank in favour of Raja Punjab’s employer