A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Okpoziakpo Eloho, on Thursday told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, did not benefit from the $6,230,000, reportedly stolen from the apex bank.
The witness, a Commissioner of Police at the Fraud Unit of the Force Headquarters, Abuja, admitted that there was no evidence that Emefiele benefited from the loot either in cash or in a transfer into his account by those who admitted stealing the money.
Eloho made the clarification during cross-examination by Mathew Burka, SAN, lead counsel to the defendant.
Emefiele is being prosecuted by the anti-graft agency on alleged procurement fraud and abuse of office before Justice Hamza Muazu.
At Thursday’s proceedings Eloho, who led the police investigation of the former CBN boss, stated that Emefiele
