UPDATED: EFCC files 26 fresh charges against ex-CBN governor Emefiele

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed 26 new charges relating to abuse of office and corruption against the former the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele.

Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Monday, April 8, on charges relating to accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receipt of property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000.

Channels Television reports that the new charges were filed on April 3 by the EFCC Prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN).

One of the charge reads; “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.”