The Presidency has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staffer and two others on its Red Notice.
This followed the discovery of forged documents in the name of former President Muhammadu Buhari to steal the sum of $6.23million from the CBN before the 2023 general election.
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had earlier on Tuesday told the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court that the documents used to pay $6.23 million to election observers were forged.
Mustapha stated this when he appeared as the 4th prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, for alleged $6.2 million fraud.
Report says the three persons on the listed sent to Interpol are Odoh Eric Ocheme – a staff member of the CBN- Adamu Abubakar, and Imam Abubakar.
The request was reportedly made by the Office of the Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu to investigate the CBN activities under Emefiele’s watch, Jim Obazee.
The Interpol is expected to arrest the three persons and hand them over to the Federal government for arraignment at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on May 7.
