Court Adjourns Central Bank Ex-Governor Emefiele’s Trial To July 9 After Cross-Examining Fourth Witness

Recall that on April 12, Osazuwa, who’s a workers of the apex, had explained to the court how Emefiele, on rather a lot of instances, directed him to rep $3million money in tranches.

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos Command High Court docket sitting in Ikeja, the exclaim capital, has granted the inquire of of of the defence personnel to recall the first prosecution glimpse in the trial of the embattled light governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Godwin Emefiele over allegations of abuse of workplace, Monday Osazuwa.

Justice Oshodi granted the inquire of of keep previous to the court by counsel to Emefiele’s co-defendant, Kazeem Gbadamosi (SAN), who had suggested the court of his utility dated Also can 6 and sought the indulgence of the court to recall the first prosecution glimpse.

Recall that on April 12, Osazuwa, who’s a workers of the apex, had explained to the court how Emefiele, on rather a lot of instances, directed him to rep $3million money in tranches.

The counsel to the Financial and Monetary Crimes Price (EFCC) Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) failed to object to the defence personnel’s inquire of of.

In retaining with Channels TV, Justice Oshodi while granting the utility, said that “In the motion on witness dated Also can 6 and filed on Also can 7, the 2d defence counsel seeks an convey to recall the first prosecution glimpse (PW1)

“The 2d defence counsel seeks to extra wrong-keep a question to PWI on matters listed in paragraph 4 D of the affidavit in toughen of the utility.

“The recall change into as soon as moreover premised on nine grounds, and the six-paragraph affidavits had been filed in toughen of the utility and equally is a written deal with filed on Also can 7. The prosecution failed to file a rebuttal, and I hereby grant the utility.”

The EFCC counsel thereafter took mosey away of the court to extra keep a question to the fourth prosecution glimpse, Clement Onyejiuwa, a contractor, who had began his proof in chief on Also can 9.

Onyejiuwa in continuation of his testimony suggested the court that there change into as soon as an error in his extra-judicial observation when it comes to the receive 22 situation where the $600,000 change into as soon as given to the 2d prosecution glimpse, a light Director of Files Technology of CBN, John Ayoh.

Onyejiuwa said that the sum of $400,000 change into as soon as given to Ayoh in Lagos while $200,000 change into as soon as given to him in Abuja.

Below wrong-examination by Emefiele’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), Onyejiuwa said that he wrote the observation in the presence of his attorney, Olukayode Enitan (SAN), however he grew to change into attentive to the error later.

In retaining with him, there had been absolute top two errors in his observation and that he change into as soon as released to his attorney after he wrote the additional-judicial observation.

He said that “As opposed to the 2 errors, there are no rather a lot of errors in my observation, however there are omissions because I wrote 2014 to 2018 as a replace of 2014 to 2020.

“As a businessman with over two decades of trip, I know I in actual fact salvage a civic responsibility to now not give bribe to anyone and I know that I in actual fact salvage tasks to document anyone that demands a bribe however I failed to document because I change into as soon as under serious strain from my partners to pay them.”

He added that he didn’t take into fable what came about as him providing a bribe however as a replace said he change into as soon as extorted, saying, “I failed to pay a bribe, it change into as soon as extortion. I change into as soon as paid the money in December 2018. Sometime after I had paid the monies demanded by the administration via John Ayoh, and upon receiving the money, I paid my partners and so they stopped striking strain on me.”

Onyejiuwa, when requested if he reported to the authorities when the strain had ceased, said that “Even though between 2018 and 2024, when the strain had long previous, I failed to document the divulge of bribe to EFCC, because it change into as soon as extortion and that is the reason I requested whether or now not it change into as soon as that you will most definitely be ready to judge for the court to assist me accumulate better it.”

Asked if his main receive 22 situation off of coming to the court change into as soon as to build up better the money paid, he said, “My main receive 22 situation off of being right here is now not for the restoration of my money.”

Onyejiuwa moreover suggested the court that his partners he customarily known as striking strain on him, had been now not shareholders in his company however had been Customary Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), and when he change into as soon as confronted with how he acquired the money he modified to dollars, he said that he keep it collectively from his company’s accounts with quite rather a lot of banks.

In his response to the wrong-examination by the Counsel to the 2nd defendant, Adeyinka Kotoye (SAN), Onyejiuwa suggested the court that he by no system had any relationship with Emefiele’s co-defendant and had, in actual fact, by no system met him.

The court thereafter adjourned the case to July 9 and 10 for continuation of the trial.

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