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Alleged Fraud: How Emefiele moved funds to wife — Witness
An Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Mrs. Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has provided testimony on how Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), transferred funds to his wife, Mrs. Margaret Emefiele.
During a session at the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday, Ogbonnaya detailed how Emefiele used Zenith Bank to move multimillion-naira amounts to his wife.
Emefiele is currently on trial for abuse of office and alleged fraud involving $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion.
Ogbonnaya, the fifth prosecution witness, was led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN).
She explained that Emefiele used Zenith Bank to transfer millions of naira in tranches to his wife through various companies, including Amswing Resources and Solution, Limelight Dimensional Service Ltd., Omec Support Service Ltd., and Mango Farm.
“Limelight manages the facilities of CBN located at Alakija, handling all transactions related to power and repairs,” she said.
Ogbonnaya, who also serves as a Business Relationship Manager, joined the bank in 2006. She stated that she never had direct dealings with the ex-CBN governor but received instructions from his wife to transfer cash from CBN into their private companies through Zenith Bank accounts.
Apart from Mrs. Emefiele, Ogbonnaya received instructions from two other individuals, Mr. John Ogah and Mr. Opeyemi Oludimu, who worked for Emefiele but are now deceased. She managed the various companies’ accounts through which the multimillion-naira transfers were made.
“Mrs. Margaret Emefiele, the ex-CBN governor’s wife, is the direct beneficiary of these accounts. She would send transfer instructions directly to my official email address or have others act on her behalf, but I still received approval from her,” Ogbonnaya said.
Ogbonnaya provided details of specific transactions, including cash flows from the apex bank to the accounts between March 9 and 11, 2015, totaling N18.9 million and N1.8 million. Additional transactions included N43 million on February 22, 2021, N37.3 million on July 21, 2022, N44.6 million on October 21, 2022, and N93.1 million on May 10, 2023.
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New video of Zinoleesky gets tongues wagging
……“E remain small make breeze blow am away”
By Ojomah Austin.
Nigerian singer, Zinoleesky stirs a buzz online due to a recent video of him circulating on social media.
In the video, Zinoleesky dons a white shirt alongside black trousers as he brags about being worthy to be used as a Valentine’s gift.
Reacting to the video, netizens commented on his skinny appearance.
Famous musician, Oniyide Azeez, better known as Zinoleesky trends online due to a new clip serving the rounds on social media.
In the video, the ‘Element’ hitmaker is spotted wearing a white shirt and a stylish black trouser. While being filmed, Zinoleesky bragged mightily about his looks.
He reiterated that he could be used as a Valentine’s gift to any girl.
The video generated a buzz online with a large number of netizens commenting on his thin body shape. Some swiftly leveraged it to make fun of the artiste.
One @janicekate_x wrote: “E remain small make breeze blow am away 😂.”
soromotoochukwu wrote: “I like how music can take you to another place. For example, this restaurant is playing Zinoleesky so now I’m going to a different restaurant.”
dave.dexter27 wrote: “Make breeze sha no blow as we wan deliver the valentine gift😂😂😂.”
oluwatamilore_xx wrote: “Bro,drank all the whole slimming tea and nothing is left to slim down.”
isco_west_whil wrote: “Chaii dem don set this Guy up for dragging again😂😂.”
scheargoon wrote: “Try put stone for your pocket guy”
bouncequotes wrote: “My boy 😂😂😂😂 slim daddy for dem girls.”
just_eniola_olayemisi wrote: “No be your fault zino, u no just get choice that to continue to dey craze 🥺 I feel for u my bro.”
zaza_mula112 wrote: “Zino Dey enjoy, while seyi vibe Dey cry under record label 😂😂.”
jamesmike7837 wrote: “See person be like broom stick😂.”
sheis_shuga wrote: “Who Dey decive you werey 😢😢see as u slim like who get HIV 😢😔🙄🥺Dooh.”
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