Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The lawyer for Henry Omoile, second defendant in the ongoing $4.5 billion fraud trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of pressuring his client into implicating the former apex bank chief.

Testifying in a trial-within-trial at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, Nnamdi Offial said EFCC investigators made repeated promises to Mr Omoile, including bail and the possibility of not being charged, if he cooperated by providing incriminating evidence against Emefiele.

"The head of the EFCC interrogation team assured my client of leniency if he implicated the first defendant," Offial told the court.

Mr Offial said the in...