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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The trial of the former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, charged with abuse of office and alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud continued on Thursday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, tendering bundles of documents before the court.<\/p>\n

The bundles of documents were tendered by the EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, through the third prosecution witness, Clement Ngolu, a compliance officer with Zenith Bank.<\/p>\n

The documents were admitted as evidence following no objections from the first defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo and the second defence counsel, Adeyinka Kotoye.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Rahman Oshodi admitted the original copies of the Zenith Bank account opening package and statement of account of Limelight Multidimensional Services Ltd. sent to the EFCC as evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have read the documents dated March 2024, and I admit the original certified copy of the bundles of documents, which include account opening package and statement of accounts, into evidence and are marked as Exhibit A,\u201d Oshodi said.<\/p>\n

Ngolu, in his evidence, said his department responded to regulators and law enforcement agencies to ensure that bank activities were in line with banking policies and regulations.<\/p>\n

He further stated that his department worked with agencies such as EFCC, Nigeria Police, ICPC, and NSCDC.<\/p>\n

The witness said that his department in 2014 got a request from the EFCC to furnish them with statements of accounts for Limelight and two other accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe documents we sent to the EFCC were duly signed by the staff of the bank. The process of generating the statement was done through our computer system, which was in good condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe documents were printed out from the company\u2019s computer, which was working well and the documents were in the bank\u2019s custody,\u201d the witness said.<\/p>\n

The defence, however, said they had no question for the witness.<\/p>\n

Also, a former Director of Information Technology of CBN, Mr John Ayoh, in the continuation of his cross-examination, said he had a confrontation with Emefiele because he asked him to do something wrong.<\/p>\n

The witness, who further confirmed that he was sidelined by the embattled governor, added that his being sidelined made him not have any relationship with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was not happy being unpopular with the former CBN governor but on a number of occasions, I signed contract letters to vendors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The fourth witness, a contractor, testified before the court that he was allegedly pressured by the apex bank management to pay $600,000 for the contract that he had executed.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The trial of the former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, charged with abuse of office and alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud continued on Thursday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, tendering bundles of documents before the court. 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