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The special investigation panel on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Related Entities, has accused ex-Governor Godwin Emefiele of consenting to the \u201cunlawful removal\u201d of $6.23 million from the vault of the apex bank\u2019s Abuja office.<\/p>\n

This was disclosed in its final report, titled, \u2018Report of the Special Investigation on CBN and Related Entities (Chargeable offences)\u2019, submitted to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The panel is chaired by Jim Obazee, the special investigator, who was appointed the President to probe the activities of the financial regulator under Emefiele.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the funds, withdrawn from the foreign payments office, CBN\u2019s Abuja branch, were \u201cpurportedly for foreign election observer missions\u201d.<\/p>\n

The panel said the physical acts of the \u201cunlawful removal\u201d were captured on a closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage \u201cwhich was viewed and preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report said a letter, dated January 23, 2023, with a signature mark of former President Muhammadu Buhari, was sent to Boss Mustapha, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, with the caption, \u201cPresidential Directive on Foreign Election Observer Missions.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it was later found that \u201cBuhari\u2019s signature appeared to have been forged.\u201d<\/p>\n

The panel\u2019s report also referenced another letter, dated January 26, 2023, and directed to Emefiele \u201cfor payment of the sum of $6.23 million as a contingent logistics advance\u2026in line with Presidential directive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA follow-up letter dated 31st January, 2023, from Director, Banking Services Department, with signature mark of a Deputy Director, Mrs Katherine Igundunasse, signing for the Director Banking Services Department, was sent to the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, requesting for approval to effect payment of the sum of $6.23m.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe letter referred to in (iii), above, contained a signature mark and approval notation of the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, and conveying consent to pay the sum of US$6.23m.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe letter referred to in (iv), above trail a letter dated 7th February, 2023, from Director, Banking Services Department, with signature mark of a Deputy Director, Mrs Catherine Igundunasse, signing for the Director Banking Services Department, Mr Samuel Chukwuyem Okojere, on 7th January 2023, and sent to Branch Controller Abuja Branch, furthering process for the payment in cash of the sum of $6.23m to persons yet to be identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe letter referred to in (v), above, was brought by Emmanuel Odeh Dickson and received by the Secretary to the Branch Controller and delivered to the Branch Controller, Abuja Branch, Mr Onyeka Mcchaey Ogbu who gave instructions represented by a written minute on same to Mr Kareem Williams Dauda, the Head Banking Unit, requesting him to treat the document.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Kareem Williams Dauda, further directed the Head Forex, Mr Mohammed Mohammed Kudu, to \u2018deal as approved\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Head Teller, Mr Yakubu Maaku Samuila, directed Mr Uzero Emmanuel Oghenefego to \u2018pls treat as directed by the Governor\u2019,\u201d the report disclosed.<\/p>\n

Oghenefego took steps, according to the report, by procuring the dollar cash and releasing it to persons yet to be fully identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs at date, Addulwaheed Muhammed has admitted in a written statement that he acted in collaboration with one Bashirdeen Mohammed Maisanu, an Assistant Director in the Banking Supervision Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria and some persons he is yet to identify, to conceive and carry out the act of stealing the sum of $6.23million out of the vault of the Central Bank of Nigeria,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the \u201cfraudulent cash withdrawal,\u201d perpetrated on February 8, 2023, was not discovered nor taken seriously till December 4, when the special investigator\u2019s office issued a request for information.<\/p>\n

The panel\u2019s report, therefore, said there is an appearance of concealment by some officers who occupied positions around the period.<\/p>\n

The officials listed in the report are Ogbu Mcchael, the branch controller, Abuja branch of the CBN; Samuel Okojere, director of banking services, CBN; and Elizabeth Fasonranti, director branch operations department of CBN.<\/p>\n

The report said the officials who carried out the heist \u201chave been arrested and investigation continues\u201d.<\/p>\n

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