The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is accused of using his former dispatch rider to collect $3 million cash in tranches. The revelation was made by a CBN staff, Monday Osasuwa, during a court hearing. Osasuwa, who previously worked as a dispatch rider in Zenith Bank, joined CBN in 2014 and knew Emefiele from his time at Zenith Bank. He stated that he was appointed as a full-time staff in the CBN Governor's office in Lagos and communicated with Emefiele through WhatsApp and email.
), Godwin Emefiele, on different occasions used his former dispatch rider who later became a staff of the apex bank to collect the sum of $3 million cash in tranches.
The witness said he was appointed a full-time staff in the position of senior supervisor, in recording and filing of documents while working in the CBN Governor’s office in Lagos. He said any time the 1st defendant is not around, he would tell him to give the money to the second defendant“This company is situated at Isolo. The first defendant does send me to collect cheques from the company from Mr. Monday and when I collect the cheque from him, I will give it back to Emefiele and he will lodge the money into Dumies Oil and Gas account.”
“The highest amount I collected is $1 million all in cash and some weeks later, the businessman also called me $850,000, $750,000 and $400,000 cash in tranches. He, however, told the court when he was made to confront the second defendant during the investigation but that the 2nd defendant failed to admit it.“I cannot calculate the exact year I have been collecting the cheques but it all started when the first defendant was the MD at Zenith Bank and I was working at Zenith Bank,” he said.
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