EFCC to arraign Emefiele Monday on fresh abuse of office charge

EFCC to arraign Emefiele Monday on fresh abuse of office charge

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh 26-count charge of abuse of office and corruption against former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele.
Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court on Monday, April 8, according to a report by Channels Television.
It stated that the charge bordered on accepting gratification, gifts through agents, corruption, receipt of property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.
This came on Friday when the Special Investigator of the CBN under Emefiele officially announced the close of the investigation.
The fresh case was filed on April 3rd by the EFCC Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN).
It partly read, “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.”