{"id":4833,"date":"2025-02-22T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=4833"},"modified":"2025-02-22T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:15:08","slug":"forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/","title":{"rendered":"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Emefiele<\/p>\n

By Publisher<\/p>\n

Kindly share:<\/p>\n

Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, the embattled immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has denied ownership of the cash and properties recently forfeited to the Federal Government, as ordered by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, February 21.<\/p>\n

\n
Ruling on a suit filed by the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Emefiele, Justice Yellim Bogoro of the\u00a0 Federal High Court in Lagos had ordered the permanent forfeiture of $4.7 million, \u20a6830 million, and multiple properties allegedly linked to Emefiele.<\/div>\n
\nThe court also ordered the final forfeiture of another $4.4 million worth of investment traced to DeepBlue Energy Services Ltd, as well as another sum of \u20a6283 million in Zenith Bank traced to Liman Investment Ltd, \u20ac20,000, and \u00a31,999.50, traced to Exactquote Bureau De Change (BDC), all companies linked to Omoile.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
However, though Emefiele admitted that some of the\u00a0assets belonged to his relatives, he insisted that neither he nor his immediate family owned any of the properties in contention.<\/p>\n

He made the clarification in a press statement issued in Abuja by Olawale Fapohunda on behalf of his legal team.<\/p>\n

The former CBN governo stated that a company, DeepBlue Energy Limited, established in 2009, is owned by his relative and not himself, as being peddled in the media.<\/p>\n

According to him, Justice Aneke of the same Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, had previously discharged an interim forfeiture order on the same assets now ordered to be forfeited by Honourable Justice Yellim Bogoro.<\/p>\n

Emefiele warned those associating him and his family with the assets to stop doing so in the interest of fairness.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur attention has been drawn to recent news reports indicating that Justice Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted a final forfeiture order on certain properties allegedly linked to one Anita Joy Omoile and her companies, including DeepBlue Energy Limited,” the statement read in part.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to clarify that DeepBlue Energy Limited, established in 2009, is owned by a relative of our client, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, but not by Mr. Emefiele himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the avoidance of any doubt, we, as the legal representatives of Godwin Emefiele, categorically disassociate our client from the ownership of the assets in question.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor emphasis, the assets in question do not belong to our client or any member of his immediate family.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, information reaching us suggests that Justice Aneke of the same Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, had previously discharged an interim forfeiture order on the same assets now forfeited by Honourable Justice Bogoro.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge all stakeholders and members of the public to take note of this clarification and stop associating these assets with Mr. Godwin Emefiele.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emefiele By Publisher Kindly share: Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, the embattled immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[531,53],"class_list":["post-4833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-economic-and-financial-crimes-commission","tag-godwin-emefiele"],"yoast_head":"\nForfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0 - Panorama News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0 - Panorama News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emefiele By Publisher Kindly share: Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, the embattled immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Panorama News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panoramanewsng\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"332\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"248\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/193c6b5ed75edb6cc8b07827dd05f83d\"},\"headline\":\"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\",\"Godwin Emefiele\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Crime\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/\",\"name\":\"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0 - Panorama News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg\",\"width\":332,\"height\":248},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/\",\"name\":\"Panorama News\",\"description\":\"We present all perspectives of news as they break.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Panorama News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/panorama-news-logo1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/panorama-news-logo1.jpg\",\"width\":1065,\"height\":456,\"caption\":\"Panorama News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panoramanewsng\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/193c6b5ed75edb6cc8b07827dd05f83d\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86f61a39fb780839ddf23cd4f472ef9e5bf4a2b93bfff200ffeca670341bd4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86f61a39fb780839ddf23cd4f472ef9e5bf4a2b93bfff200ffeca670341bd4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0 - Panorama News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0 - Panorama News","og_description":"Emefiele By Publisher Kindly share: Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, the embattled immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,…","og_url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/","og_site_name":"Panorama News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panoramanewsng","article_published_time":"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":332,"height":248,"url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/193c6b5ed75edb6cc8b07827dd05f83d"},"headline":"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0","datePublished":"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/"},"wordCount":453,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg","keywords":["Economic and Financial Crimes Commission","Godwin Emefiele"],"articleSection":["Crime"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/","url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/","name":"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0 - Panorama News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-22T10:15:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-4.jpeg","width":332,"height":248},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/forfeited-cash-properties-not-mine-ex-cbn-gov-emefiele\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Forfeited cash, properties not mine -Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/","name":"Panorama News","description":"We present all perspectives of news as they break.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#organization","name":"Panorama News","url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/panorama-news-logo1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/panorama-news-logo1.jpg","width":1065,"height":456,"caption":"Panorama News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panoramanewsng"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/193c6b5ed75edb6cc8b07827dd05f83d","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86f61a39fb780839ddf23cd4f472ef9e5bf4a2b93bfff200ffeca670341bd4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86f61a39fb780839ddf23cd4f472ef9e5bf4a2b93bfff200ffeca670341bd4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng"],"url":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4834,"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833\/revisions\/4834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}