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A prosecution witness, John Adetola, on Monday told the Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja that he did not document the delivery of $400,000 in cash to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.

Adetola, the seventh prosecution witness, who served as executive assistant to Emefiele, said he provided no call logs, messages, or receipt to his claim during the investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are facing 19 counts bordering on alleged bribery and corrupt demands totalling $4.5bn and ₦2.8bn, brought by the EFCC.

Testifying before Justice Rahman Oshodi, Adetola said he acted on instructions from Eric Odoh, who allegedly asked him via WhatsApp in 2018 to collect the money from former CBN Director of Information Technology, Mr. John Ayoh, and hand it to Emefiele in Lagos.


“In 2018, I can’t the date, Mr. Eric Odoh sent me a WhatsApp message that I should collect $400,000 from John Ayoh and give it to the former CBN Governor when he came to Lagos. I went to Ayoh’s house in Lekki, collected an envelope, and gave it to the governor,” Adetola told the court.

When asked why he did not document the transaction or provide any proof, he said[b]“I did not see any need for it.”[/b]

Under cross-examination by Emefiele’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), Adetola confirmed that he was not under prosecution and had not struck any immunity deal with the EFCC.


He also itted that in his statement to the EFCC, he did not mention any communication with Emefiele about the $400,000.

“I told the EFCC everything I knew in respect of the alleged financial crimes,” he said.


Adetola further revealed that he spent 11 days in EFCC custody, during which he was not brought face-to-face with either Emefiele or John Ayoh.

He acknowledged that the EFCC confronted him with WhatsApp printouts related to the alleged transaction, but he maintained that he had no evidence of with Emefiele about the money delivery.

He reiterated during re-examination by EFCC counsel Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) that he saw no need to document the cash transaction.

“I did not see any need for it,” he restated.

Adetola, who holds a Higher National Diploma in Secretarial Studies and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, explained his duties as executive assistant.


“My direct boss is the 1st defendant. The 1st defendant is the head of the secretariat, and I report directly to him,” he said, referring to Emefiele.

During further cross-examination by Yinka Kotoye (SAN), counsel for the second defendant, Henry Omoile, Adetola itted he had no dealings whatsoever with Omoile in connection to the cash delivery.

At the close of the testimony, Justice Oshodi discharged the witness and adjourned the matter till today (Tuesday) for continuation of the trial.

Source: https://punchng.com/How-I-delivered-$400,000-cash-to-Emefiele-Ex-aide

Thieves!

Revelations from Emefiele’s court case shows the high level of corruption in high places in Nigeria.

Until embezzlement of public funds is punishable by death, we may still continue to wallow in this cesspit of corruption.

Imagine some civil servants having close to 1bil Naira in their savings from proceeds of corrupt practices 🙆

Emefiole,the worst CBN governor ever. Was stealing the country blind and yet suffered the citizen with his stupid naira change,all in the name of politics. And he once dreamt of ruling Nigeria. What do people really want in life ? Waiting for the end of his case and his sentence.

Wait! How were they able to generate his past years WhatsApp chat into a printout

RealityKings1:
Wait! How were they able to generate his past years WhatsApp chat into a printout

Technology nah!!!

Scape goat... They are almost the same things, the only offense this one commit was trying to stop jagaban then

Na prison this one go die


I know I'm not clean too


Everybody's a sinner

But this one stole what 5 generations could have stolen

He had it once

RealityKings1:
Wait! How were they able to generate his past years WhatsApp chat into a printout

You are asking the wrong question Mr man.

Truth arising

b0rn2fuck:
Scape goat... They are almost the same things, the only offense this one commit was trying to stop jagaban then

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That's a saying that says 'na who them catch be thief '.
There are states and also government agencies in this country that nobody hears of and I believe things are happening there.

Corruption the bane of our society...imagine how many states and villages would have been impacted positively if the money was spent on infrastructure.


The corruption going on currently....Emeifele own would be a child's play.

And some unpatriotic fellows are still defending this kleptomaniac..

🙆🏽‍♀️

Emefiele, it might be better to plead guilty, return everything you illegally acquired and return home or start serving your jail term.

It is almost two years, imagine going through trial for three years, getting jailed for 28 years. If you go to jail now, you'd spend 26 years instead by 2051, rather than spending 26 years by 2052 if you are jailed next year. It is always good to start serving your jail term early.

Plead guilty, and do a plea bargain. By the time they psychologically damage you, you might even lose the will to live.

You messed up by toying with people's lives and businesses while repainting the naira. All the revelations against you demonstrate you were an amateur in corruption. You wanted to collect money, didn't you have someone to send to collect it or ask them to drop it in the booth of a car in your village? Then you foolishly acquired more than 700 properties right at the heart of where you could easily be caught. You couldn't even cover your tracks. I do not you, but you messed up.

RealityKings1:
Wait! How were they able to generate his past years WhatsApp chat into a printout

Dey play. One single drive plug to your device will copy or wiped everything inside

Anytime a case of stupendous corruption from the istration of Baba Buhari comes to light I wonder how he sleeps peacefully at night, I laugh when people used to call Jonathan clueless, please can anyone borrow me a word that's worse than clueless to describe corruption under the nose of Buhari? Meanwhile I understand that some of his ministers like Malami wealth is worse than emefiele

I'm beginning to believe that some information or news are made public to distract or divert attention of Nigerians.

Same feather

400,000 dollars cash!

Actually civil servants and their assistants are more corrupt than the politicians we often accuse!

Buhari was a dolardinho

Moneybag

yinkus6750:
Emefiole,the worst CBN governor ever. Was stealing the country blind and yet suffered the citizen with his stupid naira change,all in the name of politics. And he once dreamt of ruling Nigeria. What do people really want in life ? Waiting for the end of his case and his sentence.

Exactly, I don't really know why people looking for the unthinkable when actually we will all die one day. So if he build 753 Mansion as CBN governor, so what will he acquired when he eventually won the presidency

The most painful part of Nigerians in our system of corruption is that they see emefele as being smart ( he no carry last) while anyone that refused to chop (embezzle) when in office or having the opportunity are seen to be fools (mumu)

What of others ?

Good that you make a scape goat of emefiele

But why telling us about emefiele....make we kill am?

What of others who stole and loot during buharis time

Dem hausa/Fulani etc



Useless government

The way obidients dey this man that year.
Now they have abandoned him to his fate.

Odiegwu

What are they saying? You handed 400k dollars to him, no documentation and you didn't see any need to mention it. But you are mentioning it now. So basically you don't know the origin of the money or what it was meant for.
Emefiele thief oooo, but I Fire boy song, na all of us be ashawo.
Emefiele is just a sacrificial lamb.

gasparpisciotta:
Revelations from Emefiele’s court case shows the high level of corruption in high places in Nigeria.

Until embezzlement of public funds is punishable by death, we will still continue to wallow in this cesspit of corruption.

Imagine some civil servants having close to 1bil Naira in their savings from proceeds of corrupt practices 🙆

gasparpisciotta:
Revelations from Emefiele’s court case shows the high level of corruption in high places in Nigeria.

Until embezzlement of public funds is punishable by death, we may still continue to wallow in this cesspit of corruption.

Imagine some civil servants having close to 1bil Naira in their savings from proceeds of corrupt practices 🙆

If you don't know why ebilokan has failed in 26 years of high revenues and loans to do a tiny fraction of what Jakande did in just four years before he was overthrown and jailed by Buhari, how do you expect us not to continue wallowing in the cesspit of corruption? How is that possible

Splashme:
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.

Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.

The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.

Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”

The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.

Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.

He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/cancelling-metroline-a-major-mistake-jakande/

eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial enger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

b0rn2fuck:
Scape goat... They are almost the same things, the only offense this one commit was trying to stop jagaban then

Why should he try to stop Jagaban or any other politician.
Why should the CBN office be political or acting like a political party?