{"id":31336,"date":"2024-05-10T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/emefiele-i-was-forced-to-give-600000-bribe-for-contract-payment-witness\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:00:45","slug":"emefiele-i-was-forced-to-give-600000-bribe-for-contract-payment-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/emefiele-i-was-forced-to-give-600000-bribe-for-contract-payment-witness\/","title":{"rendered":"Emefiele: I was forced to give $600,000 bribe for contract payment \u2013 Witness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said he was forced to pay a bribe of $600,000 before being paid for a contract he did for the apex bank.<\/p>\n<p>The witness who is the Managing Director of Resource Computer Limited, Victor Onyejiuwa disclosed this at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, Onyejiuwa said his company deploys hardware and software-tailored security, network, storage and backup solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are facing trial on a 26-count charge before Justice Rahman Oshodi.<\/p>\n<p>The former CBN governor and Omoile pleaded not guilty to charges of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud.<\/p>\n<p>However, Onyejiuwa told the court that his company provided information and communication technologies assistance to CBN between 2014 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He added that sometime in 2017, Resource Computer was awarded an \u201centerprise storage and servers\u201d contract by the CBN.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe official said there was pressure on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him that our payment was being delayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me that if I didn\u2019t accede to his request, my payment would not be approved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter several back and forths, for him to see reasons with me as to why I needed to get paid, and my obligations with my partners, I succumbed to his pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to organise the sum of $400,000 and $200,000 to facilitate payment of the contract funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin two or three weeks after, payment was made. 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