Emefiele Asks Court to Dismiss $6.23m Procurement Fraud Charges
Emefiele’s lawyers say EFCC witnesses failed to link him to the alleged fraud and forgery counts.
- On Tuesday, former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele sought dismissal of $6.23 million procurement fraud charges in the Abuja High Court, filing a no-case submission arguing the prosecution's evidence is too weak to warrant a defense.
- Lead defense counsel Mathew Burkaa argued the prosecution relied on speculation, noting former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha testified his signature and the late President Muhammadu Buhari's were forged on critical documents.
- Opposing the dismissal, Rotimi Oyedepo alleged Emefiele bypassed the Tenders Board Committee to award contracts to associates, maintaining the $6.23 million withdrawal from the Central Bank of Nigeria constituted "criminal breach of trust."
- Presiding Judge Hamza Muazu adjourned the proceedings on Tuesday, directing that the court would communicate the ruling date on the no-case submission to both legal teams through their lawyers.
- Emefiele has faced 20 counts since his initial arraignment in November 2023, including alleged forgery and criminal breach of trust, following special investigations commissioned by President Bola Tinubu into his Central Bank tenure.
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Emefiele asks court to dismiss $6.23m procurement fraud charges
A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has asked the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to quash the $6.23 million procurement fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He argued on Monday that his continued trial over the alleged economic crime was […] Emefiele asks court to dismiss $6.23m procurement fraud charges
Alleged $6.23m fraud: EFCC opposes Emefiele’s no-case submission
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, urged Justice Hamza Mu’azu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, to dismiss the no-case submission filed by a former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, insisting that the evidence presented by the prosecution established a prima facie …
EFCC Urges Court To Dismiss Emefiele’s No-Case Submission In Alleged $6.23m Fraud Trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, to dismiss a no-case submission filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, arguing that the prosecution has presented sufficient evidence to require him to enter his defence in an alleged $6.23 million fraud case.
Alleged $6.23m Fraud: EFCC Opposes Emefiele’s No-Case Submission - Security News Alert
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, urged Justice Hamza Mu’azu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, to dismiss the no-case submission filed by a former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, insisting that the evidence presented by the prosecution established a prima facie […] The post Alleged $6.23m Fraud: EFCC Opposes Emefiele’s No-Case Submission …
Alleged $6.23m fraud: EFCC opposes Emefiele’s no-case submission - NewsTmes.com.ng
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja to dismiss a no-case submission filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over an alleged $6.23 million fraud. The commission argued that the evidence presented by the prosecution established a prima facie case requiring …
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