Nigeria, July 4 -- Jim Obazee, the special investigator hired by President Bola Tinubu to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the leadership of Godwin Emefiele, has queried why former President Muhammadu Buhari and his then-Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, were not prosecuted alongside Mr Emefile for the fraudulent withdrawal of $6.23 million from the vault of CBN in February 2023.

Mr Obazee said this in his testimony as the 15th prosecution withn in Mr Emefile's corruption trial before the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday.

"For actions and inactions, Mr Buhari ought to be charged and must be charged along with Emefiele in this $6.2 million fraud, even if posthumously, since nation...