Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has urged the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja to bar the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from calling additional witnesses after 10 had testified in his ongoing procurement fraud trial. Emefiele’s lead counsel, Matthew Burkaa SAN, contended that since EFCC listed only 10 […]
Justice Akintayo Aluko had on August 15, ordered an interim forfeiture of $2.045 million and some landed properties linked to Emefiele. The judge granted the forfeiture order after taking the submissions of Rotimi Oyedepo ,SAN, leading Chineye Okezie and Zeenat Atiku-Bala, who moved an ex parte motion for the order on behalf of the Economic […]
In a statement , the agency’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said thedefence counsel Labi-Lawal had filed an affidavit seeking the release of Emefiele’s passport to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatments which was objected to by the EFCC. The affidavit by the defence and the counter-affidavit by the prosecution was in […]
The court ordered the final forfeiture of the properties after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ,EFCC, filed a motion to that effect. The judge, Chukwujekwu Aneke, had ordered an interim forfeiture of the properties on June 5. The properties are said to be located in upmarket areas of the federal capital territory ,FCT. Aneke ordered the […]
Emefiele pleaded not guilty when the charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ,EFCC, was read.The former Governor of the CBN is the sole defendant in the charge before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory ,FCT, in Maitama.Other conditions attached to the bail include that […]
The arraignment was originally scheduled for April 30, 2024, but was rescheduled following the agreement of the court and the parties.In the four-count charge filed against him, the EFCC alleged that Emefiele disobeyed the direction of law with intent to cause injury to the public during his implementation of the naira swap policy of the […]