Abuja, Nigeria – E don happen again! The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) don serve fresh charges for Godwin Emefiele, wey be the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Na serious matter wey concern billions of naira properties and unauthentic bank accounts. The new eight-count charge enter High Court for Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, last Friday.
According to the EFCC, Emefiele come dey chop money through Eric Ocheme, wey don run away. Dem accuse dem say dem buy big real estate for Abuja and dey hold billions wey dem suspect say na proceeds of illegal activities. This estate, wey get 753 units, dey for Plot 109, Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District. Wetin happen? According to court papers, dem buy this land back in August 2021 using better fraud skills.
EFCC no go mention who get di estate or di proxy owners, but dem don get court order to seize di whole estate, and now na federal government get di property. Emefiele no gree just fold hand as im don carry matter go Court of Appeal to try regain control. E go fit enter history as d man wey no wan lose property o!
No be only di estate matter dey ground; EFCC plenty charges wey e dey face. Dem claim say Emefiele use corporate fronts to hide money wey no get like di money. Dem talk say between 2019 and 2022, e keep more than ₦6.92 billion for accounts wey no clear.
Dem don break am down: In 2019, ₦167 million dey one proxy account for Zenith Bank. By 2020, e don balloon to ₦1.23 billion inside di account of Kelvito Integrated Services Ltd. E don reach ₦2.94 billion for 2021 and ₦1.98 billion in 2022. Na serious recovery wey no wan hear di end.
Another company wey dem mention no be play. Ifedigo Integrated Services come dey handle ₦900 million and ₦600 million separately for different times. EFCC no dey play o! Dem dey claim say all dis na signs of corruption and serious abuse of office. Dey even accuse Emefiele say e forge document wey concern di estate for January 2021, na wah o!
As di matter dey hot, Emefiele dey shout say e no do anything wrong. E dey ready to fight am to di last drop of ink. E get more wahala for Lagos, wey concern $2 billion foreign exchange allocation scandal, and Abuja dey plan to hakuna matata for di naira redesign policy wey e implement before di 2023 general elections.
EFCC don line up 24 witnesses wey go testify about di estate wey dem seize and di shady financial transactions. Dem ready to drop di bomb, wey go shake di court. Na real drama we dey expect when dem start di case.
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