·Says he was held incommunicado for 157 days
Wale Igbintade
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has urged the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, to reject five extra-judicial statements he made while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), alleging that they were obtained after he was held incommunicado for 157 days and subjected to physical and psychological torture.
The allegation formed the centrepiece of a heated legal battle over the admissibility of the statements in Emefiele’s ongoing trial alongside his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, on a 19-count charge bordering on money laundering and fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alleged that Emefiele received $17.1 million through an intermediary, Monday Osazuwa, as gratification for facilitating foreign exchange allocations while serving as CBN Governor.
