INTERPOL places three former CBN staff on wanted list over forgery, $6million theft

GUARDIAN NG

Three Nigerians, including a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) employee, have been placed on an International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) red notice for allegedly forging documents and stealing over $6 million from the bank.

The suspects, identified as Odoh Eric Ocheme, Adamu Abubakar, and Imam Abubakar, are accused of conspiring to defraud the CBN by forging documents in the name of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to a letter sent by the Special Investigator appointed by the President to the Inspector General of Police, they used these forged documents to steal $6.23 million in cash from CBN coffers.

“Consequent upon the above, a charge was filed and warrants of arrest have been issued by the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja Division, presided over by Hon. Justice ILE. Ekwo in Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/19/2024 B/w: Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Adamu Abubakar & 2 Ors for the arrest and production of the defendants named above for their arraignment,” the letter reads.

“The data page of Odoh Eric Ocheme’s Nigerian International Passport No. B50082800, duly certified true copies of the warrants and the Order of the Court to that effect are hereby attached.”

The trio had been charged with six counts at the Federal High Court in Abuja.