The Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has named the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Godwin Emefiele as the owner of the 753 duplexes and apartments it seized in Lokogoma, Abuja.
The EFCC made the seizure and forfeiture of the properties public Wednesday, after a court order that required interested parties to appear within 14 days last month.
The EFCC made the seizure and forfeiture public on monday, 2nd December, 2024.
According to the EFCC Affidavit, “the properties sought to be forfeited are reasonably suspected to have been acquired and/or developed with the proceeds of unlawful activities.”
The address and the size of the property are given by the EFCC as “PLOT 109, CAD ZONE C09, LOKOGOMA DISTRICT, ABUJA: MEASURING 150,462.86 Sqm.”
The Commission also averred in the court papers that, “In the course of this investigation, it was revealed that the erstwhile CBN governor negotiates kickbacks in return for the allocation of foreign exchange to some companies that were in desperate need of foreign exchange for their lawful and legitimate businesses.”
In the same vein, names of some other CBN officials were mentioned, such as the head of litigation.
According to the papers, ”upon investigation, it was revealed that one Ifeanyi Omeke, a Deputy General Manager and Head of Litigation of Zenith Bank, Plc, worked closely with Godwin Emefiele and ran several errands for him, which included the purchase and perfection of title documents for several properties located in highbrow areas of Lagos and Abuja.”
