Nigeria’s ex-central bank head Emefiele faces fresh charges on Monday

Nigeria’s former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele will appear in a Lagos court on Monday after the country’s anticorruption body on Friday filed 26 fresh charges against him alleging misuse of authority and corrupt practices.
Emefiele is already facing procurement fraud charges in another court in the capital Abuja – which he has denied – after being detained in June last year by the Department of State Services.
He was later transferred to anticorruption body the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and was granted bail in November.
The latest charges include receiving bribes, accepting gifts via intermediaries, engaging in corrupt practices, obtaining property fraudulently, and providing improper benefits to his associates, court documents showed.