The trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor,
Godwin Emefiele, continued on Thursday before Justice Hamza Muazu of the
Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja as a forensic analyst confirmed
that the documents used to request the payment of $6.2million for foreign
election observers were forged.
The witness, Bamaiyi Meriga,
called by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), informed the
court that following forensic analysis of the disputed documents, he discovered
that there was clear evidence of forgery of signature, and the seal of
execution were different from the original.
He also confirmed that the signature were not those of former President
Muhammad Buhari and ex-Secretary General of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
The two documents,
presidential directive on foreign observer election and presidential directive
on foreign observer election tendered in evidence was admitted in evidence by
the trial judge, justice Muazu.
Under cross-examination by
counsel for Emefiele, the witness said he was not a staff of the EFCC, and was
not being paid by the anti-graft agency but his salary was domiciled with the
Nigeria Immigration Service.
Counsel for Emefiele, Matthew
Burkaa, expressed displeasure over the conduct of the witness, saying that the
witness misled the court by evading questions.
However, the Prosecution
Counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, was not not happy with the defence counsel.
The trial has been adjourned
till March 11 for continuation.
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