Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has admitted more documents as exhibits and overruled the arguments of defence counsels in the trial of former Central Bank Governor (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
Naijaonpoint reports that Justice Oshodi overruled the objections of the defence an admitted the documents as exhibits G.
Prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) continued with the testimony of Alvan Gurumnaan, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who provided another fresh insights into the evidence uncovered during investigations.
Giving evidence, Gurumnaan read the WhatsApp conversation between one Henry telling John Adetola in exhibit G, that he should give $400,000 to ‘oga’.
He said: “During our investigation we asked the clarification from him, he explained that there is conversation between him and Henry on phone regarding how to meet Ayo to collect $400,000.
“John Adetola confirmed that he went to Lekki in Lagos were he meet Ayo personal assistant to CBN governor to delivered the money. We further ask him what is the messages, he confirm it s$400,000 and proceed to CBN office in Lagos where he handed it over to Emefiele in CBN office.
“We make a call to John Ayo who is working at that time in CBN to reported to our office in Lagos where he was interviewed, during the interview, he confirmed that Mr Adetola came to his house and gave him the money to give to 1st defendant. That was not only transactions.
“There is another $200,000 he received from the same person, and this time around, he handed it over by himself to Emefiele in his office in Lagos.
“We invited Mr Victor Oyedua, the CBN contractor, who reported to our office and confirmed during interview that he actually gave Mr Ayo sum of $400, 000 and $200, 000 dollars respectively to deliver to first defendant.
“He confirmed he was CBN contractor and two of his work hanging at that time with CBN and he has not paid.
“He asked why he has not paid, he was told he needed to settle some management to facilitate his money and that’s was why he gave that money, his statements was also recorded.”
The prosecution tender some documents from CBN as exhibits before the court. One of the documents included an original letter from a company to EFCC dated 24 feb 2024.
However, the defence counsels, led by Olalekan Ojo (SAN) and Kazeem Gbadamosi (SAN), objected to their admissibility, citing concerns over authenticity and proper certification, they urged the court to reject all the photocopy documents as exhibits.
However, Justice Oshodi overruled their objections and admitted the bundle of documents as exhibits H.
Also, John Adetola’s phone was tendered as exhibit before the Court. The WhatsApp conversation between John Adetola and Henry, from exhibit I, was analyzed.
From the phone, EFCC investigators retrieved further WhatsApp conversations between Adetola and Henry, which were analyzed and presented in court.
Also, Oyedepo tendered some statements made by the defendant during investigation, urging the court to admit them as evidence.
Justice Oshodi ordered for a trial within trial. He also ruled that parties should come on November 21, 2025, for report of the parties on the agreement on forensic inspection.
He adjourned the matter to December 2 and 3, 2025 for a mini trial.
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