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Godwin Emefiele arriving court in July
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will Monday, April 8, 2024, arraign the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for alleged abuse of office over allocation of billions of United States dollars.


Emefiele, alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, will be arraigned on 26-count before Justice Rahman Oshodi.

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

EFCC alleged that Emefiele committed an abuse of office between 2022 and 2023 in Lagos.


The Commission 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 $2,136,391,737.33 without bids, which act is prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.”

EFCC further alleged that Emefiele, between 2020 and 2021, 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 $291,945,785.59, without bids, which act is prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.

Emefiele was alleged to have, in 2021, 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: special allocation of foreign exchange in the aggregate sum of $1,769,254,793.16, which act is prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.”

In count four, the sum involved was $370,872,893.01.


Emefiele’s co-defendant Omoile was alleged to have November 17, 2020, in Lagos, whilst acting as an agent accepted from Raja Punjab through Monday Osazuwa, the total sum of $110,000, for Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, gifts as a reward for allocating foreign exchange by the Central Bank in favor of Raja Punjab’s employer.”

According to the charge, the offences committed contravened Section 73 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

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This is just anoda reminder that power doesn't last forever.

Make dem from there carry correctional center uniform put for his body and then straight away to Alagbon

The reality is a former Nigerian CBN governor won't end up in jail, such a man has too much dirt on so many important people. Solution: Toss him around the courts through out your tenure to seem to be fighting corruption.

TUANKU:
The reality is a former Nigerian CBN governor won't end up in jail, such a man has too much dirt on so many important people. Solution: Toss him around the courts through out your tenure to seem to be fighting corruption.

That is worse than being in jail.

Is this man still in Nigeria?

Zxcvbnmghtr:


That is worse than being in jail.

Not true. The man is already enjoying proceeds from his loot.

TUANKU:

Not true. The man is already enjoying proceeds from his loot.

The bolded is not true. If it is, produce your evidence to this claim.

Zxcvbnmghtr:


The bolded is not true. If it is, produce your evidence to this claim.

Is he not sleeping in his own house and eating good food?

TUANKU:

Is he not sleeping in his own house and eating good food?

Which one of his houses?

Even the trials are shrouded in secrecy

Because if you put Emefielele on the stand on a live televised unscripted trial

He might mention too many names in this current istration.

So the trial is well censored,

Obasanjo set up Optua and everything was televised, live, everybody heard from the horses mouth.

Put Emefiele on the stand let the lawyers prosecute and defend him, ask him questions and lets hear directly from him. Make the trial process transparent. All these censored trials are part of the problems. Its not deterring enough to future occurrences.

This man should be sent to Kirikiri already

the previous istration are just using this guy as a scape goat for their failure.

let them sentence the man already if he has done anything wrong... why all this long court processes. was the president not aware of his corruption case or chief of staff or secretary to the federation so why witch hunting the man now??

please they should just shift one side

It's about to go down.😂

There problem

Kill him already


Asiwaju JAGABAN

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Godwin Emefiele life na stage by stage. All your guys don leave you for darkness. If you are guilty, then you must pay the price.

Make all of una sha learn from Emefiele journey.

Add the dangote’s to repay back what they took illegally

He wanted to be president so he could cover all these up.

Exactly. Morons still think he will be sent to jail. Someone who worked with Buhari all through.

TUANKU:
The reality is a former Nigerian CBN governor won't end up in jail, such a man has too much dirt on so many important people. Solution: Toss him around the courts through out your tenure to seem to be fighting corruption.

Benwallt:
New Nigeria in the making

Because Ọgbẹni Ojuyọbọ is being vindictive of the man Buhari used to frustrate his Emilokan presidential campaign

If he is keen on a new Nigeria then won’t he be putting Buhari’s buttocks on the fire instead of a messenger like Emefiele?

Zxcvbnmghtr:


That is worse than being in jail.

wagwanbrethren get a life

Iberl:
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Oh... Depends

Emefiele had a boss, and that boss too is heavily involved in most of the wahala this man is being troubled for.

Where's his boss?

TheFreshVanilla:
Exactly. Morons still think he will be sent to jail. Someone who worked with Buhari all through.

He also worked with GEJ as CBN governor, man has dirt on 2 istrations.

Emafimile

It’s too early, they should just abandon him in prison for at least two years before any arraignment. That failure and his allies really capitalized on Buhari’s dumbness to wreck our economy.

Nice one

from court to jail straight

We warned him