EMEFIELE: DOCUMENTS USED TO PAY ELECTION OBSERVERS $6.2M NOT FROM MY OFFICE – EX-SGF

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday, appeared at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, and testified in the ongoing trial of ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.

Emefiele is standing trial before Justice Muazu on 20-count amended charges bordering on corrupt advantages, conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, forgery and obtaining by false pretenses to the tune of $6,230,000.

He was accused of impersonating the SGF to illegally obtain a sum of $6.2m.

Appearing as Prosecution Witness 2, Mustapha said he knew nothing about the transaction up till the time he left office at the end of May 2023, adding that having served for five years and seven months, the document in contention didn’t emanate from the office of the then President Muhammadu Buhari.

On Monday, a First Prosecution Witness (PW1), Onyeka Ogbu, narrated how the ex-CBN governor approved the payment of $6,230,000 in cash for international election observers in the 2023 general election.