Emefiele: Witness Narrates How $6.23 Million Was Moved from CBN Coffers to Fund Foreign Observers of 2023 Election

A witness, Chinedu Eneanya on Monday, April 27, 2026 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, a total sum of $6.23 million was allegedly siphoned from the coffers of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the guise of funding foreign election observers. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Emefiele on an amended 20-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, forgery, abuse of office, conspiracy to obtain by false pretence. Eneanya, who was led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, as the

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-04-27
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/emefiele-witness-narrates-how-623-million-was-moved-from-cbn-coffers-to-fund-foreign-observers-of-20
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Record ID	`efcc:news:14010`

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Emefiele: Witness Narrates How $6.23 Million Was Moved from CBN Coffers to Fund Foreign Observers of 2023 Election. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:14010.