Margaret Emefiele, the wife of the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was on Friday declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside three others.
The four suspects were declared wanted for embezzling public funds.
Mrs Emefiele, Mr Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were further accused of conspiring to convert huge sums of money belonging to the Federal Government.
They also allegedly committed felony to wit: obtaining money by false pretences, and stealing, contrary to and punishable under Sections 411, 287, and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.
The anti-graft agency showed extra commitment to getting them arrested yesterday by making their mugshot portraits out of their existing photographs.
Emefiele’s wife’s mugshot portrait alongside the three other suspects were posted on the website of the EFCC late Friday night.
The EFCC document read, “Emefiele, Odoh, Mr and Mrs Omoile, wanted by the EFCC. The quartet of Eric Odoh, Margaret Emefiele, Anita Omoile and Jonathan Omoile, are wanted by the EFCC for offences bothering on economic and financial crimes. Any information on their whereabout? Please contact the nearest EFCC Command or the nearest police Station,.”
The document entitled “Arrests and Recoveries,” which was earlier exclusively obtained by The PUNCH, revealed that the former CBN Governor, Emefiele, is being prosecuted by the EFCC for ₦ 1.8bn and $6.2m fraud.
