Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Emefiele: $6.2m Released by CBN for Foreign Election Observer Mission was Pure Theft- Witness

The trial of the former governor the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, before Justice H.Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, continued on Thursday, July 2, 2026, with the 14th Prosecution Witness, PW14, Okpoziakpo Eloho, informing the court that the $6,230,000 (Six Million, Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars) released by the apex bank on the instruction of the defendant for the purpose of foreign election observer mission with no further details attached, was “pure theft.” Led in evidence by prosecution counsel and Director, Public Prosecution, Rotimi Oye…