The Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN under Godwin Emefiele, Mr Jim Obaze, has demanded immediate trial of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, over their alleged complicity in the stealing of $6.2 million in the Foreign Exchange Account of the federal government, domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria.
He demanded that while Buhari should be posthumously prosecuted, Boss Mustapha must be lined up in the dock with a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
Obaze made the demand on Friday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory while giving evidence on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the 20-count conspiracy, abuse of office, and fraud brought against Emefiele.
Led in evidence by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, Obaze, midway in his evidence became furious when his attention was drawn to a letter, from the Presidency said to have been signed by late President Buhari, for the release of the $6.2 million and another letter by the office of the SGF, ordering the former CBN governor to effect the release of the money to one Jibril Abubakar, introduced as a staff of the office of the SGF to collect the money.
The Special Investigator, became more furious following subsequent letters and extra-judicial statements by Boss Mustapha that late President Buhari and himself
