THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a new 26-count complaint alleging abuse of authority and corruption against Godwin Emefiele, the immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Monday, April 8, on charges of accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receiving fraudulently obtained property, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates in violation of the Corrupt Practices Act.
Count one of a copy of the charge sheet received by newsmen which was filed on April 3rd by the EFCC Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) 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.”
