The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), will today Monday (April 8), arraign the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, for alleged abuse of office.
Mr Emefiele will be arraigned alongside one Henry Omoile on a 26-count bordering on abuse of office, accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, and fraudulent property receipt.
The former CBN governor was also accused of conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.
The charge sheet, marked ID/23787c/2024, was dated April 3 and was filed by Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN).
One of the counts stated that Mr Emefiele allegedly committed an abuse of office between 2022 and 2023 in Lagos, an offence punishable under Section 73 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Another count alleged that Mr Emefiele directed to be done in abuse of the authority of his office, as the governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, an arbitrary act, to wit: allocating foreign exchange in the aggregate sum of $2.2 billion without bids.
Also, it was alleged that Mr Emefiele abused the authority of his office by allocating foreign exchange in the aggregate sum of $291 million without bids, which act was prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.
Mr Emefiele’s co-defendant was alleged to have acted as an agent and accepted from Raja Punjab through Monday Osazuwa, the total sum of $110,000 for the ex-CBN boss as a reward for allocating foreign exchange by the Central Bank in favour of Mr Punjab’s employer.
