The prosecution in the trial of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on an alleged procurement fraud charge, tendered his account statement before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, June 25.
Prosecuting lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) tendered the account statement in relation to Emefiele’s account with Zenith Bank, through a staff of the bank, Umar Abba Tilde, who featured as the prosecution’s eighth witness.
While being led by Oyedepo, Tilde said the account statement was one of the three sets of documents sought from the bank by the prosecuting agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the course of an investigation.
He said the account statement reflected a N4 million payment to a firm, Architekon Nigeria Limited on January 13, 2015.
Emefiele is being prosecuted on a 20-count amended charge, in which he is accused among others of conferring corrupt advantages, conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, forgery, and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $6.23m.
