THENATION
An Ikeja Special Offences Court heard on Friday, April 12, how the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on different occasions used his former dispatch rider who later became a staff of the apex bank to collect the sum of $3 million cash in tranches.
The CBN staff, Monday Osasuwa made the disclosure while giving evidence before Justice Rahman Oshodi.
Led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), the witness said that he was a dispatch rider in Zenith Bank in 2001 before he joined CBN as a contract staff in 2014.
He said he knew Emefiele as the Managing Director of Zenith Bank while he was working as a dispatch rider in the bank before he joined him in CBN.
The witness said he was appointed a full-time staff in the position of senior supervisor, in recording and filing of documents while working in the CBN Governor’s office in Lagos.
“I was still working in the governor’s office when I was appointed as a full staff and we usually communicate through WhatsApp and email.
“I perform as a senior supervisor, recording and filing with other official roles”, he said.
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