Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought forward a fresh 26-count charge against the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
Gatekeepers News reports that the charges are related to alleged cases of abuse of office and corruption.
Emefiele is scheduled to appear before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8, to face charges including accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receipt of property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates.
All these charges are in violation of the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.
Count one of the charge filed 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.”
