Ex-SGF Mustapha denies involvement in dubious withdrawal of $6.3m from CBN, demands probe

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has dismissed a report on his alleged involvement in the illegal withdrawal of $6.3 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) during President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

In a report released by a special investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu to look into the activities of the apex bank in the last dispensation, Jim Obaze, alleged that Mustapha and the former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, ordered the withdrawal of the funds under the guise of funding foreign election observer missions a few weeks to the last general election.

However, in a statement issued on Saturday, the ex-SGF described the claim as outrageous and unsubstantiated.