The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to bring the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, before the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos on Monday, April 8, 2024.
He faces allegations of abuse of office regarding the allocation of billions of United States dollars.
Emefiele, alongside his co-defendant, Henry Isioma Omole, will face 26 counts of charges before Justice Rahman Oshodi.
The charges, filed by Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) and marked ID/23787c/2024, date back to April 3, 2024.
The EFCC alleges that Emefiele engaged in abuse of office between 2022 and 2023 in Lagos. office.
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.”
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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 reward for allocating foreign exchange by the Central Bank in favor of Raja Punjab’s employer.”
According to the charge the offences committeed contravened Section 73 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
