A rosecution witness, John Adetola, in the trial of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday told the Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja that he did not document the delivery of $400,000 in cash to the embattled ex-governor. Adetola, the seventh prosecution witness, who served as executive assistant…
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, jointly inspected a confiscated 753 units housing estate comprising 753 units, previously owned by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The estate, located in Abuja, was recovered by the EFCC…
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of $1,426,175.14 ( One Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy Five United States Dollars, Fourteen cents) linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. The…
Justice R.A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has set Wednesday, February 26, for a ruling on an application by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, requesting the judge’s recusal from his trial over alleged bias. Emefiele is facing a 19-count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State on Monday reserved until February 26 to deliver ruling on whether or not to continue to hear the case of the embattled ex-Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is standing trial on a 19-count charge bordering on receiving gratification and corrupt demand proferred against him by…
In the continued trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of a warehouse traced to him. The order on final forfeiture was given by Justice Deinde Dipeolu. The judge issued the final forfeiture order to the Federal Government of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has narrated before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, how former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele used three companies to pay N2.2 billion to buy a sprawling estate in the Apo area of Abuja, containing…
A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, owns the large estate in Abuja with 753 duplexes forfeited to the Nigerian government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a court ruling on Monday. Human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, confirmed the development in a post on social…
A witness, John Adetola, has narrated how he collected the sum of $400,000 on behalf of former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Adetola, who is testifying in the case against the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), before Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja narrated how he handed over…
The Federal High Court in Lagos State has ruled for the final forfeiture of significant assets belonging to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, directing that a cash sum of $2.045 million and eight prime properties located in Lagos and Delta states be surrendered to the Nigerian government. In a judgment delivered…
