The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office and corruption against the immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
Emefiele, Persecondnews gathered, will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Monday, April 8.
The charges include accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receiving property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates, contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.
EFCC Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) filed the new charges on April 3.
One of the charges 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.”
Meanwhile, Mr Jim Obazee, the Special Investigator of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other related entities concluded his assignment on Friday with a visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa.
Emefiele, Persecondnews gathered, will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Monday, April 8.
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