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Emefiele: Witness Narrates How $6.23m was Withdrawn from CBN in an Instant with Forged Papers

The Eleventh Prosecution Witness, PW11, Bashirudden Muhammed Maishanu in the trial of former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, January 29, 2026, told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, that the sum of $6,230,000.00 (Six Million, Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) was withdrawn from the Garki Branch of the Apex Bank on February 8, 2023 through forged papers for alleged election observers and logistics. The witness, an Assistant Director in CBN, who was led in evidence by the prosecutor and Director, Public…

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