The criminal prosecution of Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), took a dramatic turn on Thursday, July 2, 2026, as an investigation chief openly characterized the controversial withdrawal of $6,230,000 from the apex bank’s vault as a coordinated heist.
Okpoziakpo Eloho, a Commissioner of Police attached to the Fraud Unit at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, gave this testimony while appearing as the fourteenth prosecution witness before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama.
Testifying under the guidance of the prosecution counsel and Director of Public Prosecution, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, the witness stated that the millions of dollars removed from the CBN under the guise of funding a foreign election observer mission was “pure theft.”
The senior police officer detailed how the entire sum was completely drained from the treasury after investigators uncovered the explicit
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