Trouble for Emefiele as court seizes $4.7m, N830m, other properties recovered from ex-CBN gov

  • Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the CBN, has again been slammed with a more challenging issue
  • Amid a series of court battles, Emefiele is set to lose some of his properties as well as his funds worth $4.7m and N830 billion to the Nigerian government
  • Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos division, granted the interim order on Friday following an ex-parte application by counsel to the EFCC

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

A Federal High Court, Lagos division, on Friday, May 24, ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several properties linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.