INVESTIGATION: National Assembly plans to expose Central Bank Governor Emefiele over N100million APC presidential form, meet Buhari

The House of Representatives, will on Monday, reconvene for an emergency plenary session to deliberate on the presidential ambition of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and the crisis in the aviation sector.

Caracal Reports confirmed from some of the lawmakers that angry legislators are pushing that the house exposes all the secret dealings of Emefiele and his alleged corrupt practices in the bank for daring to nurse a presidential ambition while still in office. 

Emefiele had reportedly picked the nomination form on Friday from the party’s organising secretary at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja. He had since come under heavy criticism. 

The governor, under whom the apex bank had retrogressed and the national economy receded, said it was “patriots” who bought the APC party’s nomination forms for him, adding that he would use his own money to buy his nomination forms when he had made a decision to run for the number one office.

In reaction to these, the Clerk of the House, Dr Yahaya Danzariya, had in a statement announced that the House will be holding an emergency plenary session by 2pm on Monday. 

“It is particularly intended to discuss critical issues of national importance. The House regrets any inconvenience this short notice would have caused”, the statement said.  

A lawmaker who did not want his name in print added that most of the legislators particularly in the opposition wanted the house to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, Emefiele’s principal and compel him to sack the apex bank’s boss. 

“It is an affront on the national economy that a sitting CBN governor has a presidential ambition and we are at risk of him diverting our national resources to fund his ambition – if he has not been doing that already. 

“Whether they bought the N100million form for him or he is planning to buy it himself, the money will partly come from our national resources and Emefiele can no longer be in charge of the apex bank. He has to go. We are going to uncover some of the corruption in the CBN under him and we are going to meet with the president this week,” he said. 

Also, the youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has issued a 30-day ultimatum to Emefiele to resign from his position; otherwise he would be exposed. 

Reacting in a statement by OYC President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, Ohanaeze said the Igbo youths can’t be deceived by Emefiele describing the CBN Governor’s political affiliation as an “absurdity taken too far.” 

“Where has it ever been heard that the Governor of a country’s apex bank will have anything to do with partisan politics? This is an absurdity taken too far. We are even seeing the futile efforts by the CBN Governor to convince gullible members of the society that the form was not purchased by him.

“We must say that his defence is dead on arrival, it’s like punching the air. What of the hundreds of branded cars that have been trending on social media? And could his so-called father Christmas farmers and patriots have purchased an APC form for him if he were not a card carrying member of the party?” Okwu asked.

He said the only option left for the CBN boss was to resign honourably or be disgraced out of office.

“We can’t afford to continue to retain a card carrying member of the APC as CBN Governor. We now know why the economy is facing all manner of flops for the past 7 years. We can’t have on the saddle a CBN Governor who is using our common wealth to sponsor the APC and this is why we are giving Emefiele 30 days to resign or be exposed. We have information on how he has been romancing with politicians in APC. Should he fail to resign, Nigerians will hear more about him,” Okwu vowed.