The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly uncovered N70 billion fraudulently realised by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank (CBN) Godwin Emefiele in connivance with others.
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A source who spoke to SaharaReporters on Friday, June 15, 2023, said that the money was raised by the suspended governor of the apex bank and the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos, Alhaji Aminu Yaro, and his wife through a forex differential fraud facilitated by Emefiele.
Recall that on June 10, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu suspended Emefiele from office and he was subsequently arrested and flown from Lagos to Abuja to face interrogations centred around corruption and abuse of office.
Emefiele’s suspension was confirmed by Willie Bassey, the Director, Information, for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate effect.
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