A forensic analyst revealed before a federal capital territory (FCT) high court how the disgraced former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) forged documents to pay foreign observers $6.2 million in the last general elections, a forensic analyst has told the court.
Bamaiyi Meriga, the forensic analyst, revealed this on Thursday while giving evidence as a witness in the trial of Emefiele in Abuja.
Emefiele is standing trial on a 20-count amended criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The amended charges border on alleged criminal breach of trust, forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery, procurement fraud and conspiracy to commit a felony.
In some of the counts, the EFCC alleged that Emefiele, in January 2023, forged a document titled: ‘RE: PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE ON FOREIGN ELECTION OBSERVER MISSIONS,’ dated 26 January 2023 with Ref No. SGF.43/L.01/201.
The EFCC said Emefiele made the claim despite knowing it to be false and committed an offence contrary to section 1(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
