Afrigather 
Former governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele
A Excessive Court docket of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, on Tuesday, mounted October 21 for the continuation of the trial of a former Governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele.
The trial choose, Justice Hamza Muazu, mounted the date on the settlement of the counsel after the shut of the cross-examination of the ninth prosecution witness, Mrs Abibia Ockiya-Ogeleye.
Ockiya-Ogeleye, a lawyer, answering questions from the Financial and Monetary Crimes Commision’s counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, informed the courtroom that she rendered some companies to the corporate, Architekon Nigeria Restricted.
She informed the courtroom that in 2021, she filed the corporate’s annual report and likewise modified the director and shareholders of the corporate.
She added that earlier than the addition, Architekon had solely two administrators.
She stated, “Someday in 2021 one madam Esther known as me to impact a change within the firm by including her as a director of the corporate.”
She tendered a CAC doc, which contained the names of Margaret Omoyile, McCombo Omoyile and Esther Oyeladun Adeoun as shareholders.
She additionally tendered one other doc containing the document of switch from McCombo to Margaret, dated March 4, 2021, in addition to one other doc containing the decision of the corporate on Esther’s admittance as a director of Architekon.
The witness additionally introduced to the courtroom a duplicate of an electronic mail she stated Oyeladun despatched her requesting that she be added as a director of the corporate.
Justice Muazu admitted all of the paperwork as proof.
The defence counsel, Mathew Burkaa (SAN), throughout cross-examination, requested the witness if she had a bodily assembly with McCombo and he or she replied no.
He requested her in regards to the signatures within the firm paperwork she introduced and if she noticed McCombo signal on it.
She replied that she couldn’t inform whether or not they have been on the assembly and signed the decision since they have been despatched to her and he or she wasn’t bodily there.
Earlier, the eight prosecution witnesses, a Zenith Financial institution Compliance Officer, Mr Umar Tilda, tendered three financial institution paperwork earlier than the courtroom which included a duplicate of Emefiele’s financial institution assertion.
Tilda, citing a portion in Emefiele’s financial institution assertion, knowledgeable the courtroom that there was a N4 million switch from Emefiele’s account with the financial institution to Architekon on January 13, 2015.
When Burkaa requested him if he knew what the switch was meant for, he stated he didn’t know.
Additionally when requested if he knew that the accounts he listed as belonging to Emefiele have been wage accounts, investments, financial savings and dividends, he replied, “I wouldn’t know.”
He additionally confirmed that a number of the accounts contained Capital Curiosity Credit score.
He additionally confirmed {that a} transaction of N15 million debit, dated April 13, 2015, in depend quantity 2020000064 was a part of litigation.
The courtroom adjourned until October 21, for the continuation of trial.
The courtroom mounted July 8, to listen to an software by Emefiele searching for the discharge of his passport to allow him to journey for medical care.
His lawyer had informed the courtroom that since he left workplace, he hasn’t gone for medical therapy.
Emefiele is going through trial on an alleged 20-count amended cost, most popular in opposition to him by the EFCC.
The embattled former CBN governor amongst others, is accused of utilizing his workplace as CBN governor to confer unfair and corrupt benefit on his spouse, colleague, Mrs Yaro and two corporations; April 1616 Nigeria Ltd and Architekon Nigeria Ltd.
