Emefiele Clarifies Stance After Reports Of Plots Against Tinubu

Governor Godwin Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has disclaimed reports of his involvement in alleged plots against the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

GWG.ng reports that he denial came after news stories at the weekend (not GWG.ng) alleging a conspiracy between Governor Emefiele and a “billionaire retired general” from the north to provide funds for Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos state, to upstage  Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the incumbent.

Reacting in a statement on Monday, Isa Abdulmumin, CBN’s acting director of corporate communications, said Emefiele “does not take part in politics”.

“The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story 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 certain amount of money available to a political aspirant ahead of March 18, 2023 gubernatorial poll,” Abdulmumin said.

“We wish to inform members of the public that this story is completely false and malicious as the Governor does not know and has never met or even spoke with Mr Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour either in person or through 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 should provide such facts.

“As such the Governor and team at the CBN should be allowed to focus on their assigned job with a view to achieving statutory mandates of the Bank,” Emefiele said in rebuffing the reports of the plots against Tinubu.

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