Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s wife, Margaret Emefiele is in big trouble.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared her and three others, wanted for money laundering.
Mrs Emefiele, Mr Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were declared wanted by anti-graft agency on Friday night, February 9th, 2024 for allegedly conspiring with the ex-CBN Governor “to convert huge sums of money belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria.”
They are said to have “obtained money by false pretences, and stealing, contrary to and punishable under Sections 411, 287, and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.”
The EFCC revealed this in a document signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
The document reads; “The public is here by notified that persons whose photographs appear above are wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly conspiring with a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to convert huge sums of money belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria and committed felony to wit: Obtaining Money by False Pretences and Stealing contrary to the and punishable uunder Sections 411, 287, and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.”
For those who don’t know, the former CBN Governor, Emefiele, is being prosecuted by the EFCC for ₦ 1.8 billion and $6.2 million fraud.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has for the third time amended the criminal charges it filed against Emefiele.
However, in the latest amended charge taken before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Thursday, the EFCC accused Emefiele of impersonating the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to illegally obtain $6.2 million.