How I collected $3 million money for Emefiele – CBN official tells Courtroom  

Monday Osazuwa, a employees member on the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN), testified on the Ikeja Particular Offences Courtroom on Friday, stating that on varied events, former governor Godwin Emefiele ordered him to retrieve $3 million in money in numerous tranches. 

Throughout his testimony, guided by Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), Mr. Monday Osazuwa revealed that earlier than becoming a member of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria in 2014, he labored as a dispatch rider at Zenith Financial institution in 2001. 

Osasuwa mentioned that he was appointed as a senior supervisor on the apex financial institution in 2014. 

He mentioned that whereas he labored as a dispatch rider at Zenith Financial institution Plc, Emefiele held the place of Managing Director. 

The witness disclosed that he knew Emefiele as his boss at Zenith Financial institution, and later adopted him to the CBN.  

He added that he was appointed as a full-time senior supervisor accountable for recording and submitting paperwork within the CBN governor’s workplace in Lagos. 

• “I used to be nonetheless working within the CBN governor’s workplace whereas I used to be appointed as a full employees member and we often communicated by way of WhatsApp and e mail. 
• “I operate as a senior supervisor, recording  and submitting with different official roles. 
• “I recall that in 2020, when he was outdoors Lagos, he known as me that he would give me a quantity {that a} man had one thing I ought to acquire from him and that the person would give me the variety of one other particular person. 
• “After I bought to the person’s workplace, I used to be given an envelope. I  counted the cash and the person mentioned I ought to give it to my boss,” he mentioned. 

Moreover, the witness narrated to the courtroom that at any time when the primary defendant was in Lagos, he would personally acquire the cash, however in his absence, he instructed him to ship the cash to the second defendant.  

Moreover, Osazuwa talked about that in his time at Zenith Financial institution, Emefiele had despatched him to MINL Ltd. 

He talked about that Emefiele’s co-defendant, Henry Isioma-Omoile, resided on the former CBN governor’s house. 

He additionally said that at any time when he collected cash on behalf of his boss, he would ship it to his residence positioned at Iru Shut, Ikoyi. 

• “This firm is located at Isolo, the primary defendant did ship me to gather cheques from the corporate from Mr Monday and after I collected the cheque from Mr Monday, I’d give it again to Emefiele and he would lodge the cash into Dumies Oil and Gasoline. 
• “At any time when I obtained the cash and take it to my boss’s residence, Mr Emefiele would inform me to offer it to the second defendant at any time when he was not at house. 
• “I didn’t preserve a report of transactions as a result of the instruction he gave me was that I ought to acquire the cash and convey the cash to his home. 
• “The best quantity I collected was a million {dollars} all in money and a few weeks later, the businessman additionally known as me to gather $850,000, $750,000 and $400,000 money in tranches. 
• “I’ve by no means been rewarded, paid or given something as a result of I’m doing it out of faithfulness and he is aware of it however he has by no means for as soon as mentioned, ‘take this’,” he mentioned.  

Backstory 

Nairametrics reported that on April 8, the EFCC charged Emefiele with 23 counts that included abuse of workplace, accepting gratuities, corrupt solicitation, receiving fraudulently obtained property, and offering corrupt benefits.  

• His co-defendant, Henry Isioma-Omoile, confronted three counts associated to the acceptance of items by brokers. 
• Each defendants entered pleas of not responsible.  
• Beforehand, Choose Oshodi had refused the protection counsel’s oral requests for an adjournment, made on two events.  
• The choose then scheduled the trial and a listening to for an utility for a closed session to happen on April 29. 

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