President-elect will transform Nigeria, says ex-envoy
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked allegations that its governor, Godwin Emefiele, was plotting against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. According to a report (not in The Guardian) Emefiele resolved to work against Tinubu, because he failed to get the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket and mobilised N500 million to the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, for his campaign.
The report also alleged that the money given to Rhodes-Vivour was Emefiele’s contribution for another party to wrest Lagos from Tinubu’s stranglehold. But CBN spokesperson, Isa Abdulmumin, described the allegation as false and malicious, noting that Emefiele had neither met nor spoken with Rhodes-Vivour in person or through proxy.
Noting that the CBN governor does not take part in politics, Abdulmumin called on anyone with contrary information to prove the governor wrong to provide facts. He added that the CBN governor and his team should be allowed to focus on their assigned tasks.
