The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, has brought a new 26-count allegation against Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), alleging corruption and abuse of authority.
On Monday, April 8, Emefiele will be charged with accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receiving property obtained fraudulently, and giving his associates corrupt advantages in violation of the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000. He will appear before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja.
Channels Television reports that Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, the prosecutor for the EFCC, filed the fresh accusations on April 3.
The first charge’s count is; “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.”
