The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought fresh charges against Godwin Emefiele, who was once the Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank. The EFCC claims he illegally took control of 753 houses located in the Lokogoma District of Abuja.

In the new case filed at the High Court in Abuja, the EFCC also accused Emefiele of holding billions of naira in secret bank accounts while he was the Central Bank Governor.

According to the EFCC, Emefiele worked with a man named Eric Ocheme, who is now missing, to buy these properties in August 2021.

The commission said that in 2019, Emefiele had 167 million naira in a hidden account at Zenith Bank in Abuja. EFCC suspects this money was gained unlawfully.

They also said that in 2020, Emefiele and Ocheme kept 1.23 billion naira in a bank account under a company called Kelvito Integrated Services.

For 2022, the EFCC claims Emefiele and Ocheme controlled almost 2 billion naira in the same company’s account at Zenith Bank. The EFCC believes this money was not legally earned.

The EFCC further stated that Emefiele had 900 million naira in another account under Ifedigo Integrated Services at Zenith Bank. This money is also suspected to be unlawfully obtained.

Additionally, EFCC said that Emefiele kept 600 million naira in the Ifedigo Integrated Services account. They believe this amount was also illegally gotten.

Last week, EFCC won a court order to seize the entire estate of 753 houses and handed it over to the federal government.

However, Emefiele asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to cancel the court’s decision giving the government full control of the housing estate.