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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
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
Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are facing trial on a 26-count charge before Justice Rahman Oshodi.<\/p>\n
The former CBN governor and Omoile pleaded not guilty to charges of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud.<\/p>\n
However, Onyejiuwa told the court that his company provided information and communication technologies assistance to CBN between 2014 and 2019.<\/p>\n
He added that sometime in 2017, Resource Computer was awarded an \u201centerprise storage and servers\u201d contract by the CBN.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe official said there was pressure on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him that our payment was being delayed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me that if I didn\u2019t accede to his request, my payment would not be approved.<\/p>\n
\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
\u201cI was able to organise the sum of $400,000 and $200,000 to facilitate payment of the contract funds.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin two or three weeks after, payment was made. That is what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
The witness also said the highest contract sum was $1.2 billion between 2017 and late 2018 when the naira traded at N360\/$1.<\/p>\n
He also told the court that there were other small payments of N24 million and N17 million.<\/p>\n
After listening, Justice Oshodi adjourned till May 17 for the continuation of trial.<\/p>\n
Emefiele: I was forced to give $600,000 bribe for contract payment \u2013 Witness<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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