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Monday Osazuwa, a dispatch rider, disclosed to the Special Offences Court in Lagos on Friday his involvement in collecting cash on behalf of the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
According to Osazuwa, Emefiele instructed him on multiple occasions to collect a total of $3 million in cash installments.
Osazuwa told the court that he was employed as a dispatch rider at Zenith Bank since 2001 before transitioning to the CBN as a contract staff member in 2014.
During his testimony, Osazuwa revealed that he was subsequently appointed as a full-time senior supervisor responsible for recording and filing documents while stationed at the CBN Governor’s office in Lagos.
He added that whenever he collected money for Emefiele, he would personally deliver it to Emefiele’s residence at Iru Close, Ikoyi, Lagos.
“The highest amount I collected was $1m, all in cash. Some weeks later, the businessman also called me, and I collected $850,000, $750,000, and $400,000 in cash in different tranches.
“I have never been rewarded, paid, or given anything. I was doing it out of faithfulness, and he knows it, but he never once said, ‘Take this,” the witness said.
Recall that the EFCC arraigned Emefiele on Monday, April 8, on 23 counts bordering on abuse of office.
He is being tried for alleged abuse of office and fraud to the tune of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion.
