One video wey dey waka for social media show as Facebook user claim sey Godwin Emefiele, di forma govnor of di Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), return N4 trillion to di federal govment.
For di video wey last one minute, 15 seconds, one narrator quote im source of information as “di news”.
“I just read for di news sey Emefiele just return N4 trillion. No be N4 million N40 million, or N400 million. No be even N1 billion, N4 billion, N40 billion, N900 billion, N1 trillion or N2 trillion,” na so im tok.
“One pesin, as forma govnor of .., return to di federation account and dis kain pesin dey go church.”
Im ask sey if dem share dat kain moni give Nigerians, “you know how much evribodi go collect?”
Di user tok sey dem “discover” di moni and e no include “di one for foreign account”.
CableCheck discover sey dem post di video on June 29 by one Facebook user wey im name na Gio TV.
Di post don gada pass 9,000 views, 112 likes, and 29 comments, with commentators wey dey express mixed feelings about how true di informate fit be.
WETIN HAPPEN BEFORE
Emefiele dey face plenti charges, including allegations of using im privileged position to buy properties and control serious amount of moni wey dey suspected to be profits of illegal activities.
On November 1, 2024, Deinde Dipeolu, judge of federal high court for Lagos, order di permanent forfeiture of moni (including $2.045 million), seven choice landed properties, and two share certificates of Queensdorf Global Fund Limited Trust wey belong to Emefiele, give di federal government.
Dem reasonably suspect sey dem use profits of illegal activities buy di assets.
Di forfeited properties bin include two fully detached duplexes wey resemble demselves for No. 17b Hakeem Odumosu Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos; one undeveloped land, wey measure up to 1919.592 sqm with Survey Plan No. DS/LS/340 at Oyinkan Abayomi Drive (formerly Queens Drive), Ikoyi, Lagos; one bungalow for No. 65a Oyinkan Abayomi Drive (formerly Queens Drive), Ikoyi, Lagos, and one four-bedroom duplex for 12a Probyn Road, Ikoyi.
Odas na one industrial complex under construction ontop 22 plots of land for Agbor, Delta state; eight units of undetached apartment ontop plot of 2457.60sqm for No. 8a Adekunle Lawal Road, Ikoyi, and one duplex togeda with all im accessories ontop plot of land measuring 2217.87sqm at 2a Bank Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Howeva, di court of appeal for Lagos overturn di final forfeiture order wey dem issue for di Emefiele assets.
WETIN WE CHECK
CableCheck analyse key frames of di video using reverse image search tools.
Di results reveal sey di footage don dey online since 2023.
Di claim comot for November 2023, wen one X user, @Gen_Buhar, make post about di alleged return of N4 trillion by Emefiele.
Di claim later comot again for January 2024, May 2024, and June 2024.
CableCheck also check confam media platforms wey dey cover di court proceedings and we no find any claim like dat.
Additionally, one Google search bin dey conducted to check di claim. Di results show sey di tori bin no comot from confam sources but na from sake of claims wey no dey correct.
FINAL TOK
Di claim wey tok sey Emefiele return N4 trillion to di federal govment no correct.
