In order to prevent the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, from leaving the country before May 29th, when the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will leave office until he has cleared himself of all outstanding corruption and other allegations against him, security agencies in the country, including all anti-graft agencies, have been urged to cooperate.
The call was made by a group known as the “Nigerian Watch Front Group” in a news release sent to journalists in Bauchi on Wednesday and signed and issued by the National Coordinator, Abubakar Gazali.
The group also demanded that the CBN Governor’s international passport be immediately seized, and they urged the security services to slap an indefinite travel restriction on him.
The statement continued by saying that “it is consequent upon us to call on all security agencies to as a matter of urgency beam their searchlight on Mr. Emefiele and place him on watch list.” This was in response to the recent update that claimed the CBN Governor had allegedly secured a study leave to pursue his further education abroad.
The Nigerian Watch Front Group also urged the Nigeria Immigration Service to seize Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s international passport in order to prevent him from leaving the country.
The statement reads, “In no distant time, our petitions will reach the Embassies of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other foreign nations to immediately impose visa ban restrictions on the Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, his de facto Deputy Governor Dr. Kingsley Obiora, Emmanuel Ukeje, his business frontiers, Alh.Aminu Yaro is being prosecuted by the anti-corruption agency for N70 Billion in money laundering, Saa
“It is worrying that the Governor has the effrontery to leave Nigeria after plugging the country’s economic engine into his and a few elites’ pockets,” the organization claimed.
Aminu Yaro, a Northern business tycoon and Saadatu Yaro’s husband, who also happens to be a very close ally and watch front to the CBN Governor, is one of the people connected to the case. Saadatu Yaro was recently charged by the Economic Financial Crime Commission on counts of money laundering with over N50 billion linked to her account and are currently being investigated for prosecutions.
The CBN Governor is allegedly preparing to leave Nigeria before May 29th in order to avoid being held accountable for the atrocities and nepotistic policies he created to cause an unnecessarily deep recession.
The organization claimed, “There is no doubt that Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s upcoming administration will review and conduct proper investigations into the reckless financial services and loans provided to few selected persons on the basis of connection.
