EFCC presents first witness against Emefiele in fraud case

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The EFCC's first prosecution witness, a senior supervisor at the CBN, testified in the trial on fresh 26 counts, including alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud, filed against Mr Emefiele, and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile.

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Mr Omoile faces only three of the 26 counts, which relate to acceptance of gifts by agents, contrary to Section 65 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.Mr Emefiele had, on Monday, pleaded not guilty to all the charges, marking the beginning of Mr Emefiele’s second fraud and corruption trial based on his indictment by Jim Obaze, a special investigator engaged by President Bola Tinubu to investigate the activities of the CBN on his watch.

“Sometime in 2020, he called me, while he was outside of Lagos, that he would give me a number to call and that I had something to collect for him. He also testified that he was sometimes instructed by Mr Emefiele to deposit cheques in the account of Dumies Oil and Gas.“The highest money I collected from Mr. Raja was $1 million, and all the money was in cash.

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