EMEFIELE: FINANCE MINISTRY UNAWARE OF N124.86BN CBN WITHDRAWAL, WITNESS TELLS COURT. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
Emefiele: Finance Ministry Unaware of N124.86bn CBN Withdrawal, Witness Tells Court A Director in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ali Mohammed, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, that the Ministry was not aware of the withdrawal of N124.86 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Mohammed, who testified as the prosecution witness 10, PW10, in the ongoing trial of the former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Abbas Mohammed. The witness said he appeared before the court because his Ministry received a letter from the investigation team concerning N154 billion said to have been withdrawn by the CBN. Explaining his position and responsibilities in the Ministry, Mohammed said, “My Lord, the Department of Home Finance is made up of three functions based in three divisions, that is State and Public...
According to PM news ,the four companies charged alongside a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,Waripamo Dudafa,and two others with money laundering have pleaded guilty to the offence.The four companies pleaded guilty to conspiring with Dudafa and the two others to launder a sum of $15,592,700 before a Federal High Court in Lagos on thursday.The companies are Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited; Seagate Property Development & Investment Co. Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited and Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had since frozen the $15.6m found in the four companies account in Skye Bank.But wife of the ex-Presidentt Jonathan,Patience,has sued the EFCC and Skye Bank,laying claim to the money.She said the money was for her medical treatment.
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