The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has lodged a new case with 26 charges regarding misuse of authority and corrupt practices against the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele.
Emefiele is scheduled to appear before Justice Rahman Oshodi at the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Monday, April 8. The charges against him include allegations of receiving bribes, accepting gifts via intermediaries, engaging in corrupt practices, obtaining property fraudulently, and providing improper benefits to his associates, all in violation of the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.
In one of the charges, it states, “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.”
