Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele, has denied allegations that he gave the sum of N500 million in new currency notes to support the candidate of Labour Party in Lagos Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for the March 18 governorship election.
The Nation Newspaper had in its publication Monday, March 13, 2023 edition alleged that Emefiele had given N500 million gift to the Lagos Labour Party candidate as part of the plot to ensure that the All Progressives Congress, APC will not win the March 18 governorship election.
The APC is the party of the President – elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Lagos is his home state.
In a statementon Monday, CBN’s Acting-Director, Corporate Communications, Alhaji Isa Abdulmumin, dismissed the story as”completely false and malicious”saying Emefiele has never met or spoken to the Labour party governorship candidate .
The statement reads, “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been drawn to a story published in the Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023, alleging that the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has launched a ‘fresh plot against the President-elect’.
“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 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, urges anyone with contrary information to prove the governor wrong by providing any facts,’’ he said.
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