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Victor Onyejiuwa, the managing director of The Source Computers Limited, has testified against Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the ongoing case of abuse of office at the Lagos high court.
Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are currently facing trial on a 26-count charge.
The former CBN governor and Omoile pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
At the court hearing on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presented Onyejiuwa as the fourth witness in the case against Emefiele.
Onyejiuwa told the court that his company — The Source Computers Limited — provided information and communication technologies assistance to the apex bank between 2014 and 2019.
The witness said the CBN awarded at least five contracts to his company during the period.
He added that in 2017, the apex bank awarded an “enterprise storage and servers” contract to his firm.
Onyejiuwa said after the contract was executed, he was approached by John Ikechukwu Ayoh, a former director at the apex bank, that the “management needs something” from the contract.
Onyejiuwa said Ayoh told him that if he did not accede, the funds meant for the contract would not be approved by the management.
“After the contract had been executed, I was accosted by Mr John, saying the management was requesting something from the transaction,” he told the court.
“He said there was pressure on him. I told him that our payment was being delayed. He told me that if I don’t accede to his request, my payment will not be approved.
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