Nigeria, April 28 -- An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness told the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, how $6.23 million was withdrawn from the vault of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a phoney election monitoring exercise during the 2023 general elections.

Echoing previous testimonies in the trial, prosecution witness, Chinedu Eneanya, an Assistant Commander 2 of the EFCC, noted that the $6.23 million transaction took place during Mr Emefiele's time as the CBN governor.

Mr Eneanya, the 13th prosecution witness whose team investigated the alleged fraud, said, "The investigation revealed that the money of $6.23 million was removed from the coffers of the CBN for purported funding of the foreign observ...