The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied a newspaper report that its Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect” Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Dateline Nigeria reports that The Nation newspaper had in its Monday, March 13 edition reported that Emefiele has made N500m in cash available to the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos as part of another plot to take Lagos out of Tinubu’s control.
But a statement by the CBN’s Ag. Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, denied the allegation that the apex ban governor has made a certain amount of money available to a candidate
ahead of the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial poll.
It said the CBN Governor does not take part in politics and therefore anyone with contrary information to should prove the Governor wrong by providing any facts.
The statement reads “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect”.
“The aforementioned story went further to allege that the Governor has made a certain amount of money available to a candidate ahead of the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial poll.
“We wish to inform members of the public that this story is completely false and malicious as the CBN Governor does not know and has never met or even spoken with Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, either in person or through a proxy.
“We wish to reiterate that the CBN Governor does not take part in politics and therefore urge anyone with contrary information to prove the Governor wrong by providing any facts.
“As such, the Governor and his team at the CBN should be allowed to focus on their assigned job with a view to achieving the statutory mandate of the Bank.”
