Emefiele Didn’t Benefit From $6.2m Looted in CBN, EFCC Witness Tells Court
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness.CP Okpoziakpo Eloho on Thursday told an Abuja High Court that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, did not benefit from the 6.2 million dollars fraud.
Eloho, who is the 14th Prosecution Witness (PW 14) said this during cross examination by Mr Mathew Burka, SAN, counsel for Emefiele.
The EFCC charged Emefiele with criminal breach of trust, forgery, abuse of office, conspiracy to obtain by false pretence and obtaining money by false pretence while serving as CBN governor.
Specially, the EFCC accused Emefiele of conferring corrupt advantages on two companies—April 1616 Nigeria Ltd and Architekon Nigeria Ltd.
