Emefiele Got $17.1m Cash Through Proxy In 3 Years —EFCC Investigator

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alvan Gurumnaan, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have told a Lagos court that Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), allegedly got $17.1 million in cash through a proxy in three years.

Gurumnaan, who testified on Tuesday before Rahman Oshodi, judge of the special offences court in Ikeja, stated that the funds were delivered between 2020 and 2023 and given to Henry Omoile, Emefiele’s associate, at the ex-CBN governor’s residence in Ikoyi.

Emefiele and Omoile are in court and facing a 19-count charge that borders on corrupt demands and gratification to the tune of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion.

Led in evidence by Rotimi Oyedepo, EFCC counsel, Gurumnaan disclosed that the money trail was found through statements made by Monday Osazuwa, a dispatch rider who had earlier testified as the first witness of the prosecution.

“The personal errands Osazuwa ran for Emefiele, according to him, was when he received a call from Emefiele, who then sent him a phone number and asked him to call Mohit, who was in London and after he called Mohit, Mohit gave him the contact of an individual,” the witness narrated.

“Osazuwa met the individual from September 2020 to 2023, and received monies in dollars on behalf of Emefiele — a total of $17,100,000.

“Upon receiving the sums, Osazuwa went to Emefiele’s house at Ikoyi and handed over the money to the second defendant, Henry Omoile, as instructed by the first defendant.”

He also disclosed that most of the transactions happened on Fridays. 

The EFCC operative informed the court that analysis of the proxy’s phone are WhatsApp messages connected to the transactions.

Emefiele Got $17.1m Cash Through Proxy In Three Years, EFCC Investigator Tells Court
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 Alvan Gurumnaan, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have told a Lagos court that Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), allegedly got $17.1 million in cash through a proxy in three years.

Gurumnaan, who testified on Tuesday before Rahman Oshodi, judge of the special offences court in Ikeja, stated that the funds were delivered between 2020 and 2023 and given to Henry Omoile, Emefiele’s associate, at the ex-CBN governor’s residence in Ikoyi.

Emefiele and Omoile are in court and facing a 19-count charge that borders on corrupt demands and gratification to the tune of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion.

Led in evidence by Rotimi Oyedepo, EFCC counsel, Gurumnaan disclosed that the money trail was found through statements made by Monday Osazuwa, a dispatch rider who had earlier testified as the first witness of the prosecution.

“The personal errands Osazuwa ran for Emefiele, according to him, was when he received a call from Emefiele, who then sent him a phone number and asked him to call Mohit, who was in London and after he called Mohit, Mohit gave him the contact of an individual,” the witness narrated.

“Osazuwa met the individual from September 2020 to 2023, and received monies in dollars on behalf of Emefiele — a total of $17,100,000.

“Upon receiving the sums, Osazuwa went to Emefiele’s house at Ikoyi and handed over the money to the second defendant, Henry Omoile, as instructed by the first defendant.”

He also disclosed that most of the transactions happened on Fridays. 

The EFCC operative informed the court that analysis of the proxy’s phone are WhatsApp messages connected to the transactions.

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