The Special Investigator on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other related entities, Jim Obaze, has revealed that the former apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally deposited billions of naira in 593 foreign bank accounts.
Obaze, in a report tagged, ‘Report of the Special Investigation on CBN and Related Entities’, said Emefiele stashed the money in the United States, United Kingdom, and China without the approval of the apex bank’s board of directors and the CBN Investment Committee.
According to the final report submitted to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, the ex-CBN governor lodged £543,482,213 million in fixed deposits in UK banks alone without authorisation.
The report partly read, “The former governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele invested Nigeria’s money without authorization in 593 foreign bank accounts in United States, China and United Kingdom, while he was in charge.
“All the accounts where the billions were lodged have all been traced by the investigator.”
